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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which investigates subjects related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in online learning have empowered humans all around the world to take part in online courses. Massively open online courses are generally 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 blended learning organizations must deal with now that e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can institutions ensure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand these promising new open education endeavours. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this need for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This thrilling new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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