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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which researches subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in electronic education technology have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses online. Massive open online courses are commonly free for students 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 many issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are struggling with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like University of North Carolina to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants want to gain more knowledge about these important new open educational endeavours. Scientists want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing desideratum for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also describes the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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