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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in distance learning technology are enabling students all over the world to be participants in online courses. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These massively open online courses are customarily 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 a variety of topics that online learning technology institutions are dealing with now that online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massively open online courses? How can teachers manage problems like low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding demand to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these compelling new open education initiatives. Teachers want to grasp how MOOCs can be improved. To meet this developing desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education topics. This definitive new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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