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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in distance learning are empowering humans in nations all around the world to be participants in online courses. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students 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. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of subjects that online learning organizations are considering in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we be assured that the education provided by these massively open online courses is passable? This open education book offers guidelines for others hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning experience. How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business models are being used by organizations like Russia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants want to better perceive these new open educational initiatives. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this growing desideratum for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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