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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which articulates subjects related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in online education have empowered learners in nations all around the world to take part in courses online. These online MOOC courses are commonly free for students 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. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of issues that learning technology organizations have to deal with more than ever because online education technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the training provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can students ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like Germany to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these compelling new open educational undertakings. Professors want to better understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this developing desire for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This gripping new book also explores the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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