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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which deals with issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in distance learning technology have enabled students in nations all around the world to take online classes. Massively open online courses are generally free for learners but do not always 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 many subjects that learning technology institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators assure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like UC Santa Cruz to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle low motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing desideratum to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants need to better grasp these fascinating new open educational experiments. Scholars want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive desideratum for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This exciting new book also researches the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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