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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in online education technology have empowered students in nations all aver the world to be participants in online courses. These MOOCs are generally free but do not always 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 quite a few subjects that online learning organizations have to struggle with today because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can organizations assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Mauritania to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding desire to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these promising new open education undertakings. Universities want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this increasing desire for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This gripping new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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