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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest advances in elearning have enabled humans all around the world to be participants in courses online. These online MOOCs are free for learners 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. There are a lot of issues that blended learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we certify that the quality of these massive open online courses is good? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education becomes more available there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other participants want to better grasp these open education undertakings. Educators want to comprehend how these MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this developing need for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This inspiring 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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