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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that investigates issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern advances in online education have made it possible for humans all around the world to take part in online courses. These MOOC courses are mostly 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 quite a few issues that elearning technology organizations have to deal with now that blended learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers guarantee that the training provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we get a handle on poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more available there is a developing desire to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand these exciting new open educational initiatives. Universities want to know how MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this growing desideratum for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also talks about the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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