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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in e-learning have empowered humans in nations all aver the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are customarily 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 elearning technology institutions have to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like Princeton University to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage issues like low student motivation and high attrition?

As online learning becomes more available there is a developing need to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational undertakings. Public servants want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive desideratum for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This intriguing new book also discusses the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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