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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advancements in distance learning technology have made it possible for humans all around the world to take classes online. These massively open online courses are almost always free for learners 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 many issues that elearning technology organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators assure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Meetup to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage issues like poor motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding necessity to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants would like to understand these intriguing new open education ventures. Intellectuals want to understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this crescive need for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This amazing new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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