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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern improvements in electronic educational technology are making it possible for learners all around the world to take classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massively open online courses are almost always 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 several topics that learning technology organizations are dealing with now that elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we certify that the training provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can participants make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Rice University to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders need to better perceive these fascinating new open education experiments. Corporations want to grasp how MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this crescive need for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics. This book also investigates the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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