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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in electronic education technology have enabled learners all around the world to be participants in classes online. These massive open online courses 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 a lot of issues that online learning technology institutions are having to deal with today because learning technology is advancing so fast. How can we guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these compelling new open educational initiatives. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this increasing desire for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education topics. This amazing new book also considers the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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