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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that investigates issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new evolvements in distance learning have made it possible for people in every nation on earth to take part in online classes. Massively open online courses are almost always 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. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a lot of subjects that elearning technology institutions are having to attend to now that learning technology is developing so quickly. How can participants assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Russia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage problems like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational undertakings. Educators want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive desire for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This gripping new book also reviews the controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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