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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which deals with topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in electronic education technology have made it possible for learners all around the world to take courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are normally free for learners 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 a variety of issues that blended learning organizations are considering now that blended learning technology is advancing so rapidly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can educators make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Switzerland to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants would like to be more aware of these compelling new open educational initiatives. Scholars want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding desire for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also describes the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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