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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that talks about subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in blended learning are making it possible for humans all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are almost always free for learners 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 variety of issues that blended learning institutions are having to consider now that distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is all right? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like One Month to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these open educational initiatives. Intellectuals want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing need for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also analyzes 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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