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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that researches issues related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New improvements in electronic educational technology have empowered people in nations all aver the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are almost always free for students 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 numerous issues that elearning technology organizations are considering today because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators ensure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can organizations make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like OpenLearning to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more available there is a increasing demand to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education ventures. Academics want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this increasing need for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also describes the major 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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