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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new developments in blended learning technology have provided the means for people all over the world to be participants in online courses. MOOCs are customarily 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 many topics that elearning technology institutions are having to deal with now that online education technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders certify that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can institutions make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Burundi to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desire to be aware of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Scientists want to know how MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this increasing desideratum for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also studies the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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