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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which analyzes topics relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in elearning technology are empowering learners all around the world to be participants in courses online. MOOC classes are typically free 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 quite a few topics that distance learning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions make sure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Kazakhstan to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding desideratum to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants would like to be more aware of these fascinating new open educational initiatives. Researchers want to perceive how these massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this developing desire for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This exciting new book also articulates the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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