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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advancements in distance learning are empowering people all over the world to participate in online classes. These massive open courses are usually 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 a variety of issues that distance learning institutions are considering more than ever because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can participants make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Canvas Network to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle problems like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a developing necessity to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive demand for information the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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