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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines subjects related to open education resources and massive open online courses. Modern changes in online education technology are making it possible for people all over the world to take part in online classes. These massive open online courses are usually free for learners 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 issues that learning technology organizations have to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can participants make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Alfred State College of Technology - SUNY to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants get a handle on poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders want to be more aware of these fascinating new open education experiments. Academics want to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this developing need for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This amazing new book also considers the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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