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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses subjects related to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in distance learning technology are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to take courses online. Massive 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 a variety of topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to deal with today because online education technology is developing so fast. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can educators guarantee that the training provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like University of Minnesota to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants handle issues like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing need to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants desire to understand these open education experiments. Universities want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this crescive desideratum for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also discusses the 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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