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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest improvements in e-learning technology have empowered students in every nation on earth to take courses online. Massively open online courses are normally free for students 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 numerous issues that online learning technology institutions are dealing with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators make sure that the quality control for these MOOCs is acceptable? How can students ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Niger to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with low motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more widespread there is a developing need to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Teachers want to perceive how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing need for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This amazing new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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