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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that investigates topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent developments in distance learning technology are enabling learners all around the world to be participants in courses online. Massively open online courses are mostly 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 numerous topics that online learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so fast. How can educators ensure that the training provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can learners ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Australia to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders need to understand these compelling new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to understand how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this developing demand for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This dramatic new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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