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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in blended learning technology have empowered people in nations all around the world to be participants in classes online. These online MOOC courses are usually free for learners but do not 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. There are quite a few subjects that blended learning organizations are having to deal with now that elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants assure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can students make sure that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like UC Irvine to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of low motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of these important new open educational ventures. Professors want to understand how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing demand for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also researches the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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