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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New gains in online education enable students all around the world to be participants in courses online. MOOCs are ordinarily 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 a variety of subjects that online learning institutions are having to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage problems like low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a need to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants want to be more aware of these significant new open educational endeavours. Professors want to understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this developing need for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education issues. This authoritative new book also explores the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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