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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in technology-enhanced learning are empowering students all around the world to take part in online courses. These MOOC classes are generally free for students 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 numerous subjects that online learning technology organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers ensure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these compelling new open education experiments. Teachers want to perceive how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this desideratum for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational topics. This inspiring new book also considers the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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