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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which deals with subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent advancements in online education technology are providing the means for humans in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are commonly free for learners 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. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are several topics that distance learning organizations have to deal with today because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers ensure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding demand to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Instructors want to know how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this demand for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This thrilling new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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