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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that researches issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in distance learning technology have provided the means for students all over the world to be participants in courses online. MOOC classes are customarily 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. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are a lot of issues that online learning organizations must deal with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can educators be assured that the quality of these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can students certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants manage problems like poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a need to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders desire to better perceive these new open education experiments. Researchers want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this expanding need for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This stimulating new book also articulates the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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