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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores topics regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in distance learning are enabling students all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are free for learners 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 subjects that e-learning institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can teachers ensure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can organizations ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Sierra Leone to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding desire to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Professors want to know how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding demand for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational issues. This dramatic new book also studies the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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