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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses issues related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in online learning have made it possible for learners all around the world to take courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not always 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 subjects that elearning technology institutions are considering now that elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the quality control for these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Kauffman Fellows Academy to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on poor student 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 digital learning technology becomes more available there is a developing demand to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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