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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews topics having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in elearning technology make it possible for humans all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners 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 variety of topics that online learning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more procurable there is a growing demand to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to grasp how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this crescive desideratum for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education subjects. This intriguing new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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