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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern evolvements in learning technology are enabling humans in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. Massively open online courses are mostly 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 lot of topics that learning technology organizations are struggling with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations certify that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can learners guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage low learner motivation and high attrition?

As online education technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desideratum to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these compelling new open education endeavours. Researchers want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this need for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This dramatic new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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