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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in distance learning technology are empowering students all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are typically 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 variety of issues that elearning technology organizations have to struggle with today because distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions certify that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Central African Republic to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing demand for information the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This stimulating new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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