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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores topics related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in distance learning have empowered learners all around the world to take courses via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massive open online courses are typically free 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 numerous issues that distance learning organizations are having to consider today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can teachers ensure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can participants make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Clemson University to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this demand for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This exciting new book also talks about the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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