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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that articulates topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in learning technology are empowering students in nations all aver the world to take part in online courses. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOCs are customarily free 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 issues that online learning organizations are having to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders certify that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can institutions certify that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants need to gain more knowledge about these new open education experiments. People want to understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing demand for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This authoritative new book also examines the key 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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