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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in distance learning technology are enabling people all around the world to take online courses. MOOCs are free for students but do not 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 several subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations are considering in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these open educational experiments. Lecturers want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this demand for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education issues. This dramatic new book also analyzes the major 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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