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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advancements in online learning technology are enabling humans all around the world to participate in courses online. These massively open online courses are almost always 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 a lot of issues that elearning technology organizations have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions make sure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by organizations like The University of Chicago to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle issues like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about these open educational endeavours. Corporations want to perceive how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this need for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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