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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches issues regarding open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent gains in learning technology have empowered people all around the world to take courses via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massive online courses are commonly free but do not consistently 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 lot of issues that e-learning technology organizations are having to consider now that elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is all right? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants handle low motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing desideratum to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these intriguing new open education endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Professors want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding demand for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This amazing new book also explores the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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