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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in distance learning technology have empowered people all around the world to take courses online. MOOC courses are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. 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 elearning institutions have to struggle with now that elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Harvard University to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of low motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants need to better grasp these significant new open education experiments. People want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this developing desire for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This exciting new book also examines the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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