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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that analyzes issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in distance learning technology have empowered learners in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. These massive online courses are almost always 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 a variety of issues that e-learning organizations are having to attend to now that e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations manage issues like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding demand to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open education endeavours. Academics want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding desire for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This sensational new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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