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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines topics pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in electronic education technology have made it possible for humans in nations all aver the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are 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. There are numerous topics that blended learning institutions have to struggle with today because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different strategies are being used by institutions like Guatemala to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle problems like poor student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a necessity to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants want to better understand these new open educational experiments. Educators want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this demand for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This inspiring new book also researches the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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