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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new changes in distance learning technology are providing the means for students all around the world to be participants in classes online. These massive online courses are generally free for learners but do not consistently 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 quite a few issues that online education organizations are having to attend to now that e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the training provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like Cook Islands to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding demand to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders want to better perceive these promising new open educational experiments. Instructors want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing desire for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This sensational new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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