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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which analyzes subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent changes in digital education technology make it possible for students in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are ordinarily 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 learning technology institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing demand to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants desire to understand these interesting new open educational experiments. Teachers want to better understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive demand for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This thrilling new book also considers the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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