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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which analyzes subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in distance learning technology are providing the means for humans in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. These massive online courses are usually 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 quite a few subjects that e-learning technology organizations are considering today because blended learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality control for these MOOC courses is good? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Wellesley College to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As online learning becomes more widespread there is a necessity to comprehend how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these promising new open educational experiments. Researchers want to understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this developing desideratum for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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