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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which describes topics regarding open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest developments in distance learning technology are providing the means for students in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not 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 numerous subjects that online learning organizations are having to attend to now that e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is respectable? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Ross Dependency to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators get a handle on low motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders need to better understand these significant new open education experiments. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this demand for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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