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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews subjects relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent developments in elearning enable people in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOC classes are commonly free for students but do not 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 several topics that distance learning organizations have to consider more than ever because blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators certify that the training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like United States to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can institutions deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these exciting new open education initiatives. Intellectuals want to grasp how MOOCs can be improved. To meet this growing need for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This gripping new book also studies the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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