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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in online education technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to participate in classes online. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students 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 several subjects that online learning institutions are struggling with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can we make sure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these exciting new open education endeavours. Teachers want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing demand for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This exciting new book also examines the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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