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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in electronic education technology have provided the means for students in nations all aver the world to take classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are almost always free but do not 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 online learning technology organizations must deal with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing need to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants want to better understand these intriguing new open education experiments. Academics want to know how MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this crescive need for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also discusses the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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