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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in e-learning technology have empowered students in all parts of the world to take part in online classes. These massive open courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently 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 quite a few subjects that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers certify that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business models are being used by organizations like Nagorno-Karabakh to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Corporations and lots of other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open educational ventures. Everybody wants to better understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this desideratum for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This exciting new book also addresses the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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