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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. The latest gains in elearning have enabled people all over the world to participate in courses online. These online MOOC courses are commonly 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 several issues that online education organizations are having to deal with now that elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can participants assure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can participants certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Guinea to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more available there is a growing desire to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants need to gain a better understanding of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Trainers want to grasp how MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this need for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource subjects. This thrilling new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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