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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern advances in blended learning technology have empowered people all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. 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 normally free 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 quite a few subjects that online education institutions are having to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can participants make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business models are being used by organizations like Malaysia to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage issues like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants would like to understand these important new open educational experiments. Instructors want to know how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive demand for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This exciting new book also discusses the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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