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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that investigates topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern evolvements in elearning are enabling humans in nations all around the world to take online classes. Massively open online courses are 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 lot of issues that elearning technology institutions are having to attend to more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants make sure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Khan Academy to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we get a handle on poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a developing need to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants need to better grasp these important new open education endeavours. Universities want to understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this developing need for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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