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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses subjects regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern evolvements in online education are providing the means for people all over the world to take courses online. Massively open online courses are normally free 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 distance learning institutions are having to struggle with today because online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we guarantee that the training provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can participants make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a necessity to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open education endeavours. Everybody wants to grasp how MOOCs can be made better. To meet this increasing desideratum for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This gripping new book also describes the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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