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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that talks about subjects regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in online education technology are empowering humans 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 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. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many topics that blended learning organizations are having to consider today because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators guarantee that the education provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage issues like poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more available there is a increasing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other participants need to better grasp these exciting new open educational ventures. Professors want to better understand how MOOCs can be made better. In response to this growing demand for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education issues. This sensational new book also researches the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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