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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which investigates subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in e-learning enable students all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are mostly free for learners 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 several issues that online learning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because online education technology is developing so quickly. How can participants assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Brown University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a desire to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these intriguing new open educational undertakings. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this developing desideratum for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This intriguing new book also considers the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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