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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that talks about subjects regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern improvements in elearning are making it possible for humans in nations all around the world to take courses online. These massive online courses are usually free for learners but do not consistently 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 distance learning institutions are having to deal with more than ever because learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage issues like low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Everyone wants to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing need for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This new book also researches the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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