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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest changes in distance learning technology have provided the means for humans in every nation on earth to take part in classes online. Massive open online courses are ordinarily 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 elearning institutions must deal with now that learning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations assure that the training provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage issues like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing necessity to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and many other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Everybody wants to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive desire for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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