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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which researches topics regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in online education technology have provided the means for people in nations all aver the world to take classes online. These massive open online courses are ordinarily 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 a lot of issues that learning technology organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants assure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business strategies are being used by institutions like The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these promising new open education experiments. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this desire for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also examines the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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