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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines topics relating to open education resources and massively open online courses. New gains in e-learning have empowered students in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOCs 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 a variety of topics that online learning organizations must deal with today because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders make sure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What strategies are being used by institutions like UC Berkeley to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing need to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand these open educational undertakings. Public servants want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing demand for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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