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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which deals with subjects relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses. Brand new changes in distance learning are empowering people all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massively open online courses are free 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 numerous issues that distance learning organizations have to deal with today because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality control for these MOOCs is acceptable? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Twitter to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we handle low learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these compelling new open educational endeavours. People want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational subjects. This exciting new book also examines the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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