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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses subjects regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in learning technology have made it possible for students in every nation on earth to be participants in classes online. These massive online courses are almost always 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 numerous issues that elearning institutions are having to deal with now that e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we assure that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can we certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing need to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Trainers want to comprehend how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This book also describes the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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