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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in online education technology have empowered humans in nations all around the world to be participants in online classes. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free for students 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 several issues that online education organizations are dealing with in 2015 because learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can learners certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Georgia to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more available there is a growing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these compelling new open education ventures. Universities want to know how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To satisfy this desire for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This amazing new book also studies the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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