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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in e-learning technology have enabled people in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are usually free 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 technology organizations are dealing with today because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is adequate? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Peer to Peer University to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more abundant there is a necessity to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to understand how massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this increasing demand for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This inspiring new book also researches the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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