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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in elearning technology are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are usually free 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 topics that elearning technology organizations are having to consider today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. How can participants certify that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Cornell University to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage problems like low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders need to be more aware of these significant new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing demand for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also considers the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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