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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which deals with subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New evolvements in distance learning technology have enabled people all over the world to take part in courses online. These massively open online courses are usually 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 lot of topics that online learning technology organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like NovoEd to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more procurable there is a developing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders would like to better perceive these significant new open education ventures. Researchers want to better understand how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive desire for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This intriguing new book also talks about the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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