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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new gains in distance learning technology are providing the means for humans all around the world to participate in online courses. These massive open courses are mostly 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 many subjects that e-learning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can students make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by institutions like British Sovereign Base Areas to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we handle low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a growing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants want to understand these interesting new open education endeavours. Everybody wants to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To handle this increasing desideratum for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education issues. This exciting new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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