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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which analyzes issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in distance learning technology have enabled learners all around the world to participate in classes online. These MOOC classes are usually 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. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many subjects that learning technology organizations are dealing with today because learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like American College of Education to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive these interesting new open educational ventures. Instructors want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this growing desideratum for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education issues. This exciting new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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