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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses topics pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in blended learning technology are empowering students in every nation on earth to take classes online. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners 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 a variety of subjects that distance learning organizations must deal with today because elearning 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 educators certify that the quality control for these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators manage inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other participants desire to better understand these intriguing new open education endeavours. People want to better understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this growing desire for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This dramatic new book also discusses the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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