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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New gains in technology-enhanced learning have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOCs are normally free for learners 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 many topics that online learning organizations are dealing with now that distance learning technology is developing so fast. How can participants be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Vanuatu to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to be aware of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these intriguing new open education endeavours. Intellectuals want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this developing desire for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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