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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that researches subjects having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern developments in distance learning technology are empowering learners in nations all aver the world to take online classes. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massive online courses are customarily 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 dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are numerous issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of Pennsylvania to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage problems like inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more available there is a growing necessity to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants would like to better perceive these important new open education ventures. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be enhanced. In response to this increasing desideratum for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education issues. This definitive new book also reviews the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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