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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which describes subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in distance learning technology enable people in every nation on earth to take classes online. These massive open courses are almost always 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 online education institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators make sure that the training provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can students ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Berklee College of Music to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more available there is a necessity to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open education ventures. Scientists want to understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this need for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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