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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which analyzes topics regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in learning technology are providing the means for students in all parts of the world to take online courses. These massive online courses are commonly free for students 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 numerous topics that blended learning institutions are considering more than ever because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we guarantee that the education provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can institutions make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Google+ to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle problems like poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education becomes more available there is a growing demand to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Professors want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing need for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This amazing new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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