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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in blended learning technology have empowered humans all around the world to take part in online courses. These massive online courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are numerous issues that online learning institutions must deal with today because online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can participants make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What strategies are being used by institutions like UC Irvine to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants desire to better perceive these compelling new open education endeavours. Trainers want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource subjects. This stimulating new book also addresses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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