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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in electronic education technology have provided the means for people in nations all aver the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are normally 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 many issues that online learning technology institutions are having to attend to today because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business strategies are being used by institutions like Argentina to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of low motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more procurable there is a desire to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants want to understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational endeavours. Trainers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this increasing desire for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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