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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers subjects having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in distance learning technology make it possible for people in nations all around the world to be participants in online courses. MOOC courses are commonly free for students 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 several issues that online education institutions are having to attend to today because learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the training provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can institutions make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Guadeloupe to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Teachers want to perceive how these massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this increasing demand for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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