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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in electronic education technology are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to take courses online. MOOCs are commonly free 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 many issues that learning technology organizations have to consider more than ever because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like California Institute of the Arts to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage issues like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these exciting new open educational ventures. Corporations want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this increasing need for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also examines the controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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