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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which deals with topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in electronic education technology have empowered learners all over the world to take part in courses online. Massively open online courses are generally 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. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are a variety of topics that online learning organizations must deal with today because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can we assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is passable? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Ascension to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more procurable there is a necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants need to better grasp these new open education endeavours. Educators want to understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing desire for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This intriguing new book also explores the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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