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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes topics related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in distance learning technology are making it possible for people all over the world to take online classes. Massive open online courses are 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. There are quite a few issues that online learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can organizations ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can learners be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Coral Sea Islands to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants need to gain a better understanding of these intriguing new open education undertakings. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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