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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that investigates subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in online education technology enable people in all parts of the world to take part in online classes. MOOC courses are typically 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 many issues that distance learning institutions must deal with now that elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can organizations make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more available there is a increasing desire to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants need to better comprehend these intriguing new open education experiments. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this expanding desire for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This amazing new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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