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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies topics relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advancements in online learning have empowered humans all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are customarily 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 a lot of subjects that online learning institutions are having to deal with now that online learning technology is improving so fast. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can organizations be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like University of New Mexico to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle problems like low motivation and high student attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants want to better understand these new open education initiatives. Scientists want to perceive how MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive desideratum for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This stimulating new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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