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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies issues having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advancements in electronic education technology have enabled people all over the world to be participants in classes online. These massively open online courses are typically free for students but do not always 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 subjects that learning technology institutions have to deal with more than ever because learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders ensure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Dominica to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants manage low learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education undertakings. People want to know how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this crescive demand for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics. This amazing new book also researches the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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