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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in distance learning enable students all around the world to participate in online classes. These massive open online courses are almost always free for students 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 subjects that online learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions certify that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like FutureLearn to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to comprehend how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to perceive how massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing desideratum for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also describes the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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