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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which researches issues having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses. Brand new gains in online education enable people in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are almost always 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 a variety of issues that distance learning institutions are considering today because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants be assured that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can organizations assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a need to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these important new open educational endeavours. Everybody wants to know how these massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this growing desideratum for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This exciting new book also studies the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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