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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines subjects related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in online education enable people in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners 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. There are many issues that e-learning technology organizations have to struggle with now that learning technology is improving so swiftly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can institutions certify that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle issues like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants need to be more aware of the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Researchers want to perceive how MOOCs can be enhanced. In response to this increasing desideratum for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education issues. This book also studies the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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