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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which articulates issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in distance learning make it possible for students all around the world to be participants in online classes. Massive open online courses 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. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few issues that online learning institutions are having to attend to now that distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is respectable? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a growing need to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open educational initiatives. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this developing need for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This book also examines the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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