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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest evolvements in distance learning have empowered learners all around the world to take online courses. These MOOCs are usually free for learners 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 a variety of issues that online education institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can students certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Facebook to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education becomes more available there is a growing demand to be aware of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and many other participants would like to understand these compelling new open education experiments. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this desideratum for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also describes the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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