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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which articulates topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in online learning are enabling learners all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for students but do not 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 issues that elearning institutions have to consider more than ever because learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like UWashingtonX to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more available there is a growing need to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these exciting new open educational endeavours. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding demand for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This gripping new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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