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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines subjects regarding open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent advances in distance learning technology enable humans all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are almost always free 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 issues that distance learning institutions are considering more than ever because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders ensure that the training provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Germany to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we manage low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational endeavours. Universities want to perceive how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing demand for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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