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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses. The latest advancements in technology-enhanced learning enable people all over the world to take courses online. These online MOOC courses are normally 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 many issues that elearning technology organizations are having to consider more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Honduras to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a developing desire to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational initiatives. Corporations want to understand how MOOC courses can be enhanced. In response to this crescive need for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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