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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in distance learning have empowered humans all around the world to be participants in online courses. These MOOCs are commonly 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 variety of topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to deal with now that online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators assure that the education provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like France to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations manage inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a demand to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these new open educational experiments. People want to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing desideratum for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This sensational new book also investigates the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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