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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines issues related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New changes in online education have provided the means for people all over the world to participate in courses online. These massively open online courses are typically free 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 learning organizations have to consider in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can participants certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like Croatia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education endeavours. Public servants want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing demand for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also discusses the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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