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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which investigates subjects regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new improvements in elearning enable students in all parts of the world to take online classes. These massive open courses are almost always free for learners but do not always 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 a variety of topics that online learning organizations have to consider now that online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants assure that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage problems like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and many other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these fascinating new open education experiments. Public servants want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this developing demand for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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