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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which researches subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern improvements in technology-enhanced learning are making it possible for humans all over the world to take courses online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently 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 several subjects that online learning technology institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality control for these massive open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like Scottsdale Community College to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants desire to better comprehend these promising new open educational experiments. People want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This sensational new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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