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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New gains in distance learning enable students in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. These online MOOCs are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are a variety of subjects that blended learning organizations are having to struggle with today because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants certify that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a desire to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these significant new open education ventures. Scholars want to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive demand for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This gripping new book also examines the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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