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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines subjects relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in e-learning technology are making it possible for people all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are mostly 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. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are numerous issues that elearning technology institutions are having to consider now that online education technology is improving so quickly. How can we assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, Irvine to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing necessity to comprehend how MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants need to be more aware of these new open education experiments. Instructors want to know how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this growing desideratum for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This amazing new book also reviews the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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