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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches issues regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in e-learning are providing the means for people all over the world to participate in online classes. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently 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. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many issues that online learning institutions have to deal with today because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Pennsylvania State University to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other participants need to gain a better understanding of these compelling new open educational endeavours. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this growing desire for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational topics. This stimulating new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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