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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in online learning technology have provided the means for students in nations all aver the world to take part in classes online. MOOC classes are mostly 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 lot of topics that distance learning institutions are having to attend to today because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle issues like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a developing need to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and many other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these intriguing new open education initiatives. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this desideratum for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education topics. This intriguing new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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