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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which talks about issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in online education enable learners all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. MOOCs 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. There are a lot of subjects that blended learning institutions have to consider now that learning technology is developing so swiftly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can organizations assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is adequate? How can learners ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like UC Irvine to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more available there is a necessity to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants desire to understand these new open educational endeavours. People want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this demand for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This new book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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