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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in online education technology are enabling humans all over the world to take part in courses online. These massive open courses are typically free for students 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 education organizations have to deal with now that online learning technology is developing so fast. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can teachers guarantee that the training provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Duke University to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more available there is a growing desideratum to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Corporations want to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this developing need for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This new book also researches the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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