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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in distance learning are empowering people all around the world to participate in online courses. These massive online courses are generally free for students but do not consistently 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 several issues that elearning organizations are having to consider today because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators make sure that the quality of these MOOC courses is good? How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Princeton University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing desire to comprehend how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants want to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open educational undertakings. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this increasing demand for details the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also describes the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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