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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines subjects having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest developments in online education technology have enabled students in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These online MOOC courses are typically free for learners 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 several subjects that blended learning organizations must deal with now that distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can students certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing demand to comprehend how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding need for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also articulates the controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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