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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines subjects relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in digital education technology are empowering learners in nations all aver the world to take classes via the Internet. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. MOOCs are ordinarily 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 quite a few issues that blended learning institutions must deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can participants make sure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can participants make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants get a handle on poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding necessity to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants need to understand these significant new open education experiments. Everybody wants to perceive how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing desideratum for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also studies the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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