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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which talks about subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in online learning technology are enabling learners in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are ordinarily 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 several topics that e-learning organizations are having to deal with today because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations certify that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Alfred State College of Technology - SUNY to conduct these massively open online courses? How can institutions deal with inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants want to better grasp these important new open educational undertakings. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Trainers want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this crescive desire for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This new book also studies the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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