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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new improvements in e-learning have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to participate in courses online. These online MOOCs are generally free for students 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 quite a few topics that learning technology organizations are considering more than ever because blended learning technology is improving so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can institutions ensure that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can participants make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Hungary to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage problems like poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing necessity to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these open education undertakings. Everyone wants to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing desideratum for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This gripping new book also considers the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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