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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses topics relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent advances in online education technology have enabled learners in all parts of the world to take part in courses online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These online MOOC courses are almost always free 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 several topics that online learning technology institutions are having to struggle with now that distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations certify that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage issues like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these compelling new open education endeavours. Everybody wants to grasp how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this crescive need for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also examines the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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