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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in e-learning technology have empowered humans all over the world to be participants in online courses. These MOOCs are almost always 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 several topics that online education institutions have to deal with more than ever because online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can we ensure that the training provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Bowling Green State University to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle issues like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As elearning becomes more procurable there is a expanding desideratum to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Educators want to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding desire for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This book also examines the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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