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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which studies issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in blended learning technology have enabled students in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are normally free for students 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 lot of issues that online learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we certify that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Peru to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders need to better perceive these important new open educational initiatives. Researchers want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education issues. This interesting new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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