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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in learning technology are empowering humans in nations all around the world to take classes online. These massive online courses are typically free 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 many issues that online learning technology organizations are struggling with now that online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions ensure that the education provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle problems like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education initiatives. Scientists want to understand how MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this developing need for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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