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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent changes in online education enable people in all parts of the world to take part in online classes. Massively open online courses are ordinarily 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 subjects that distance learning institutions have to consider now that online education technology is improving so quickly. How can participants be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage issues like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and many other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open education undertakings. Teachers want to grasp how MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this need for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This sensational new book also addresses the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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