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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern evolvements in blended learning have empowered humans in every nation on earth to take part in courses online. MOOC courses are commonly 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 several subjects that online education organizations are considering more than ever because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of these MOOC courses is adequate? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding necessity to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants desire to better understand these important new open education experiments. Scientists want to understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this demand for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This intriguing new book also studies the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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