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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in elearning have provided the means for people all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are commonly 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. There are many issues that elearning technology organizations are having to deal with today because online education technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the education provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like UC Berkeley to conduct these MOOCs? How can teachers deal with poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more widespread there is a growing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these exciting new open education ventures. Everyone wants to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desideratum for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also explores the controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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