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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern advancements in online education have provided the means for humans all over the world to participate in online courses. These massively open online courses are normally 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 a lot of topics that learning technology institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers ensure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to comprehend how MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these significant new open educational undertakings. Teachers want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing need for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This amazing new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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