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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern improvements in electronic education technology make it possible for learners in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily 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 many issues that blended learning institutions are having to struggle with now that distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations assure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Peninsula College to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding necessity to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants need to better comprehend these exciting new open educational undertakings. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this expanding demand for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also researches the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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