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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in blended learning technology enable people all around the world to take online courses. Massive open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not always 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 topics that elearning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because blended learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants ensure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Ecotech Institute to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more available there is a developing demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational undertakings. Lecturers want to perceive how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing need for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education topics. This new book also considers the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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