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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that articulates issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in digital education technology are providing the means for learners in all parts of the world to take online courses. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These online MOOC courses are almost always free 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 quite a few topics that learning technology organizations are having to deal with now that elearning technology is developing so fast. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can students make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Greece to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants manage issues like inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a demand to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand these compelling new open education ventures. Trainers want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this demand for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This exciting new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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