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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which describes issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in online education technology are providing the means for students in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are normally free for learners 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 issues that e-learning technology organizations are having to struggle with today because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants assure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Eliademy to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these open education initiatives. Trainers want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding desire for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This book also considers the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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