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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers topics having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in digital education technology are making it possible for learners all around the world to take online courses. MOOC classes are ordinarily 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. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are a lot of topics that distance learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? How can teachers deal with low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding necessity to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants want to gain a better understanding of these new open education initiatives. Public servants want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive desideratum for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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