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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which addresses issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern advancements in blended learning are empowering learners in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massively open online courses are generally 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 a variety of subjects that online learning technology organizations are considering today because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing desire to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants would like to better understand these interesting new open education experiments. Students want to comprehend how massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive demand for data the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education issues. This inspiring new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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