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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that investigates subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent evolvements in distance learning technology are providing the means for humans in all parts of the world to take online courses. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always 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 many issues that distance learning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants certify that the education provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like OpenLearning to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle problems like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a developing need to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open educational undertakings. Public servants want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing desideratum for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also investigates the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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