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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new evolvements in distance learning technology have provided the means for students all around the world to take part in online classes. These MOOC classes 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 a lot of topics that elearning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions make sure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can learners assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like United Kingdom to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle problems like poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding desideratum to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants need to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open education endeavours. Universities want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this developing desideratum for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This new book also considers the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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