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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern advances in e-learning technology are enabling people in nations all around the world to take online classes. MOOCs are mostly free for learners but do not always 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 subjects that distance learning organizations have to consider more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations assure that the quality of these MOOC courses is good? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like One Month to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders need to understand these interesting new open education ventures. Universities want to perceive how MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this developing desideratum for knowledge the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also analyzes the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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