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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that investigates issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in distance learning technology are empowering people in nations all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are normally free 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 several issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to deal with today because distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators assure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these open education experiments. Academics want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this growing demand for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This thrilling new book also explores the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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