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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advancements in distance learning have enabled learners in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily 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 many issues that online learning institutions are dealing with now that online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is good? How can learners ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like YouTube to conduct these massively open online courses? How can educators get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants desire to understand these intriguing new open education experiments. Academics want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this need for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This authoritative new book also talks about the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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