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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which deals with subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in electronic education technology have enabled students in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massively open online courses are normally free 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 many topics that blended learning institutions are having to deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can teachers ensure that the quality control for these MOOCs is acceptable? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Wake Island to conduct these MOOC classes? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a necessity to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders want to better grasp these interesting new open educational undertakings. Lecturers want to understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this increasing desideratum for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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