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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers subjects relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in digital education technology make it possible for people all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are almost always free for students 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 numerous topics that blended learning organizations have to struggle with today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions be assured that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Harvard University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle problems like inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more abundant there is a need to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Educators want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing demand for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This dramatic new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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