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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which analyzes subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in electronic educational technology are enabling learners in all parts of the world to take courses online. These massive 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. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of topics that e-learning technology organizations are considering now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can participants be assured that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like WizIQ to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more available there is a growing need to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Corporations want to perceive how massive open online courses can be improved. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To handle this increasing need for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This dramatic new book also talks about the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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