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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in elearning technology have made it possible for humans all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are free for learners 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 numerous subjects that learning technology organizations have to consider in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can educators ensure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Howland Island to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing necessity to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders want to better comprehend these important new open education ventures. Trainers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this increasing need for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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