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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in elearning enable people all over the world to be participants in online classes. These MOOC courses are customarily free 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 subjects that elearning organizations are having to deal with more than ever because blended learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like iversity to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a necessity to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about these important new open educational endeavours. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this developing desire for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This book also examines the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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