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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in digital education technology have made it possible for humans in nations all around the world to take part in online courses. MOOC classes are mostly free for learners 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 a lot of issues that elearning technology institutions have to struggle with now that learning technology is developing so fast. How can we assure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of low motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a demand to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these significant new open educational experiments. Instructors want to better understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desire for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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