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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses topics regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent gains in online learning technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. MOOC classes are ordinarily free for students 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 numerous issues that blended learning institutions are struggling with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality control for these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can participants assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage issues like inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these exciting new open educational ventures. People want to grasp how MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this growing need for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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