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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that investigates topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent changes in elearning are empowering humans in nations all around the world to take courses online. These massively open online courses are commonly 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. There are several topics that learning technology organizations are having to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so fast. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can stakeholders assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can students make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding desideratum to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open educational initiatives. Universities want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this desire for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education issues. This intriguing new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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