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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in online learning technology have empowered people all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are almost always free for students 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 lot of subjects that e-learning organizations have to consider today because learning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations certify that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these open education endeavours. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this expanding desideratum for knowledge the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource subjects. This book also describes the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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