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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which describes topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in distance learning technology have provided the means for learners all around the world to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily 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 several issues that online learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can participants ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle issues like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more available there is a desire to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational ventures. Scientists want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desire for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This gripping new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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