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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that investigates subjects relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advancements in digital education technology enable people in all parts of the world to take online classes. These MOOC classes are generally free for students but do not consistently 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 numerous topics that online learning institutions have to deal with now that learning technology is developing so fast. How can educators guarantee that the quality control for these MOOC courses is decent? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Russia to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these promising new open educational experiments. Universities want to perceive how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this increasing need for knowledge the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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