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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in electronic education technology are making it possible for humans in every nation on earth to take online courses. These massive online courses are mostly 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 organizations are considering today because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and many other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open education endeavours. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this increasing need for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This interesting new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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