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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that researches subjects pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest evolvements in online learning technology are empowering people in nations all aver the world to take courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are generally 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 variety of subjects that online education institutions are having to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can institutions be assured that the quality of these MOOCs is good? How can students certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle issues like low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding desire for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also discusses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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