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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which deals with topics relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses. The latest advances in distance learning technology are making it possible for people all around the world to participate in online courses. These online MOOC courses are typically 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. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology institutions are having to attend to now that e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders ensure that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Comoros to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage issues like low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding necessity to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open educational ventures. Students want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this demand for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This intriguing new book also researches the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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