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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which researches topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in electronic education technology have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massively open online courses are typically free for students but do not 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 several issues that online learning institutions are having to deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. This scholarly volume offer guidelines for educators hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning environment. How can stakeholders certify that the quality control for these massively open online courses is all right? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can stakeholders certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Duke University to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants handle issues like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing need to comprehend how MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders want to better comprehend these open educational experiments. Universities want to know how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this crescive desire for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also discusses 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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