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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New gains in distance learning enable students in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. These online MOOCs 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. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are a variety of issues that blended learning organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is respectable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can stakeholders certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle issues like poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open education initiatives. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this increasing desire for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This exciting new book also considers the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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