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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in blended learning have enabled students in nations all aver the world to be participants in classes online. These massive open online courses are customarily free 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. There are many topics that learning technology institutions are dealing with now that blended learning technology is advancing so swiftly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can organizations guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can organizations assure that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like El Salvador to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Researchers want to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this developing demand for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also deals with the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCS And Open Educational Resources