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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers topics relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in online learning have made it possible for students all over the world to participate in classes online. These massive open courses are ordinarily free 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 lot of topics that elearning institutions have to deal with now that elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these MOOCs? How can we handle problems like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more available there is a growing demand to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational endeavours. Academics want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive desideratum for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational topics. This dramatic new book also investigates the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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