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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent advances in distance learning technology are providing the means for people all over the world to take part in online courses. Massively open online courses are typically free for students 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 quite a few topics that blended learning organizations are having to attend to more than ever because learning technology is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations manage inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a necessity to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other participants desire to understand these new open educational endeavours. Scientists want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive need for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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