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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which researches topics pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in e-learning are enabling learners all around the world to take courses online. Massively open online courses are typically 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 a lot of topics that online education organizations are struggling with today because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the training provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a demand to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants would like to better perceive these interesting new open education experiments. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding demand for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This gripping new book also articulates the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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