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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that articulates issues having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in online learning technology are empowering people in nations all around the world to take online classes. 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. These massive open online courses are customarily 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 a variety of issues that online learning institutions are struggling with today because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like North Seattle Community College to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators handle inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing desire to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders need to be more aware of these new open education ventures. Instructors want to perceive how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this growing desideratum for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This sensational new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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