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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that researches subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in electronic educational technology have provided the means for people all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are almost always 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 several issues that blended learning institutions are dealing with now that online learning technology is developing so fast. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can we certify that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can learners certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants need to gain more knowledge about these promising new open education experiments. Scholars want to perceive how MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive need for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also considers the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Massively Open Online Courses