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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in online education have provided the means for learners all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are normally 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 several issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can institutions certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding desideratum to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders want to understand these open educational experiments. Educators want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding need for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics. This intriguing new book also explores the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCS And Open Education