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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers issues related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in blended learning enable people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These MOOC courses are commonly free 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 several issues that distance learning institutions must deal with now that e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can learners certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Netherlands to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle issues like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders want to be more aware of these new open educational ventures. Instructors want to better understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive need for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This definitive new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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