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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which articulates issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in online education technology are making it possible for learners in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. MOOC classes are free for students 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 numerous topics that blended learning organizations have to deal with now that online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like South Africa to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we get a handle on low motivation and high student attrition?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants need to better perceive these promising new open education undertakings. Public servants want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this growing desire for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This inspiring new book also explores the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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