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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers topics relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in learning technology have provided the means for students all over the world to take part in online classes. These massive open courses are customarily free 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 numerous topics that distance learning institutions are having to attend to now that elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the education provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Cuba to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing desideratum to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these open education experiments. Everyone wants to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this growing need for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This book also addresses the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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