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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which deals with topics regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in blended learning enable people in nations all around the world to be participants in online courses. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOC courses are mostly free for learners 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. There are a variety of topics that elearning technology organizations are considering today because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by institutions like Duke University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning becomes more available there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive these new open education ventures. Students want to perceive how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this crescive desire for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This sensational new book also explores the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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