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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that articulates topics regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in distance learning have empowered learners all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are commonly free 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 topics that blended learning institutions are having to attend to now that online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can we certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Case Western Reserve University to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational initiatives. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Lecturers want to understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this crescive desire for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This authoritative new book also explores the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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