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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern changes in electronic educational technology enable people all around the world to be participants in online classes. MOOC courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. 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 subjects that online education organizations are dealing with today because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can participants make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like University of Rochester to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these fascinating new open education undertakings. Intellectuals want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desire for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational issues. This book also considers the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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