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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses subjects regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses. Brand new advancements in distance learning enable people all over the world to participate in online courses. MOOC classes 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 many topics that distance learning organizations are dealing with now that learning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations assure that the quality of these MOOCs is decent? How can institutions make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand these compelling new open education initiatives. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. In response to this increasing desideratum for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also investigates the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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