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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with topics related to open educational resources and massively open online courses. New advancements in electronic educational technology are making it possible for people all around the world to take online classes. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always 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. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are a lot of topics that online learning institutions have to consider now that online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Kyrgyzstan to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing desire to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants need to be more aware of these significant new open educational endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Scientists want to understand how MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also considers the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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