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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses subjects having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern advances in distance learning technology have made it possible for people all over the world to be participants in online classes. These massive open courses are generally 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 a lot of subjects that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to now that blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants certify that the education provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can institutions certify that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants manage inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a need to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants need to be more aware of these interesting new open educational experiments. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing desire for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also examines the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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