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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest advancements in electronic education technology have made it possible for students all around the world to take part in classes online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive online courses are mostly free 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. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are many subjects that elearning technology institutions are dealing with now that learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is good? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like South Africa to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage issues like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desideratum to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these compelling new open educational initiatives. Intellectuals want to understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To meet this growing need for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also reviews the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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