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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses subjects related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in learning technology have enabled students all around the world to take part in classes online. MOOC courses are free for learners but do not consistently 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 numerous topics that e-learning technology institutions have to deal with now that elearning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like The University of Chicago to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants get a handle on poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding demand to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders need to better perceive these compelling new open education experiments. Instructors want to better understand how MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this developing demand for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also investigates the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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