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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which investigates issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in online education technology have provided the means for people all over the world to take online classes. MOOC courses are free for learners but do not always 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 issues that blended learning institutions are having to attend to now that online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can we make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Excelsior College to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage issues like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders want to better comprehend these significant new open educational initiatives. Teachers want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this need for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also discusses the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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