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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in online learning are enabling humans in nations all around the world to take part in courses online. These MOOCs are almost always 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 many issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to consider now that distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can participants make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like openHPI to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more available there is a increasing desideratum to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants desire to better grasp these promising new open education initiatives. Everyone wants to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing desire for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also considers the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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