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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which studies issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in elearning make it possible for people all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are almost always 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. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are numerous subjects that e-learning institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a desideratum to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants need to better grasp these significant new open educational endeavours. Everyone wants to grasp how MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this developing desire for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This intriguing new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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