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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews subjects regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest advancements in e-learning have provided the means for learners in all parts of the world to take courses online. MOOCs are typically free for students but do not consistently 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 institutions have to consider now that e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Harvard University to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational undertakings. Intellectuals want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive desire for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This amazing new book also describes the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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