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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers topics pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in digital education technology enable humans in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. MOOCs are ordinarily 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 subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to attend to now that online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Santa Clara University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing need to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants need to better perceive these intriguing new open education undertakings. Scholars want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this increasing desire for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also researches the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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