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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that articulates issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in distance learning are empowering humans in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are usually 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 issues that online education institutions are having to deal with now that blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like UC San Diego to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational initiatives. Scientists want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing desire for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This exciting new book also investigates the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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