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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with topics related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in online learning have provided the means for students all over the world to be participants in online courses. Massive open online courses are almost always 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 learning technology organizations are having to consider today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can organizations assure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can we certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like University of Houston System to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage problems like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants want to understand these intriguing new open education undertakings. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be made better. To meet this developing desideratum for details the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also studies the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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