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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New gains in online learning technology are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOC courses are customarily free for learners 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 quite a few subjects that elearning technology institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers assure that the training provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can participants assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle problems like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding need to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Teachers want to grasp how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing need for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also studies the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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