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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern evolvements in digital education technology have empowered people in all parts of the world to take part in online classes. Massively open online courses are normally 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 blended learning organizations have to consider now that e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers ensure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can learners ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Latvia to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Everybody wants to perceive how these MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this developing desire for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also considers the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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