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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which analyzes subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New improvements in blended learning technology have empowered people in nations all aver the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are usually 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 several topics that distance learning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can educators assure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What strategies are being used by organizations like Pennsylvania State University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a desideratum to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these new open educational initiatives. Lecturers want to perceive how MOOC classes can be enhanced. In response to this growing need for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This dramatic new book also describes the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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