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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews topics regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest improvements in electronic education technology have made it possible for people in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are almost always free for learners 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. There are quite a few subjects that online education institutions are having to attend to now that e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants assure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage low motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding desideratum to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants need to understand the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Academics want to grasp how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this increasing demand for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education issues. This exciting new book also talks about the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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