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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in electronic educational technology are making it possible for learners in nations all aver the world to take courses online. These massive open online courses are commonly free 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 a lot of subjects that online education institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can we ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can participants ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Jarvis Island to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more available there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants need to be more aware of the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. People want to perceive how these MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this developing need for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also investigates the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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