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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews topics relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in online education have enabled students in nations all around the world to take online courses. Massive open online courses are almost always free for students but do not 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 a lot of subjects that distance learning institutions are dealing with now that learning technology is developing so quickly. How can we ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like Clemson University to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators get a handle on low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing desire to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open educational undertakings. Lecturers want to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive desideratum for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This book also analyzes the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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