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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest advances in e-learning are providing the means for students in nations all around the world to participate in courses online. Massive open online courses are mostly free for students but do not 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 lot of issues that e-learning organizations have to consider more than ever because distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators assure that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like McHenry County College to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand these promising new open educational endeavours. Corporations want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this crescive desire for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This dramatic new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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