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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern changes in elearning technology enable learners all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are usually free for students but do not always 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 variety of topics that distance learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can we guarantee that the quality control for these massive open online courses is respectable? How can participants certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Slovenia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders desire to understand these exciting new open educational endeavours. Professors want to know how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this developing desire for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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