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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers subjects regarding massively open online courses (MOOC) and open educational resources (OERs). As elearning becomes more available there is a growing desideratum to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporate trainers and many other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these significant new open educational experiments. Scientists want to know how MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this crescive desire for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues.

Modern changes in e-learning technology are providing the means for learners in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are normally free for learners 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 a variety of issues that distance learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is good? MOOCs are a form of distance education. What business models are being used by organizations like Korea, North to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? How can participants get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high attrition? This authoritative new book also reviews the major historical trends associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). For more details about this exciting new book please see MOOCs for credit.

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