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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest evolvements in blended learning technology are making it possible for students all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are typically free for students 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. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are numerous issues that online learning institutions are struggling with today because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can educators certify that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Australia to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle problems like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more available there is a growing necessity to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders need to better perceive these fascinating new open educational experiments. Academics want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing need for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This dramatic new book also considers the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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