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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest gains in electronic education technology make it possible for people in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. These massively open online courses are 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 many issues that elearning institutions have to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can we ensure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can learners certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like United States to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more available there is a developing need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders want to understand these intriguing new open education experiments. Universities want to perceive how these MOOCs can be improved. In response to this increasing need for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education issues. This thrilling new book also describes the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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