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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 (MOOC). Brand new advances in electronic education technology enable people in nations all around the world to be participants in online classes. These massive online courses are typically 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. There are a lot of issues that learning technology institutions have to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage issues like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open educational initiatives. People want to know how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this need for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This intriguing new book also investigates the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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