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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent changes in blended learning technology have enabled humans in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. These massive open courses are commonly 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 lot of issues that online education institutions have to struggle with now that elearning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can participants make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Broward College to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Everyone wants to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this increasing desideratum for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This gripping new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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