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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which describes issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in blended learning technology are providing the means for humans in all parts of the world to take courses online. These massive online courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. 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 distance learning institutions have to deal with more than ever because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants be assured that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Czech Republic to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants desire to be more aware of these new open educational experiments. Academics want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive desideratum for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This intriguing new book also addresses the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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