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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with issues related to open education resources and massively open online courses. The latest developments in distance learning technology have made it possible for learners all over the world to be participants in courses online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. MOOCs are ordinarily free 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 numerous issues that distance learning organizations are dealing with today because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business strategies are being used by institutions like One Month to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants get a handle on low motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a expanding need to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these fascinating new open education ventures. Trainers want to better understand how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding demand for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education topics. This sensational new book also describes the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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