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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest developments in online education technology make it possible for humans in nations all aver the world to be participants in classes online. MOOCs are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are numerous issues that online learning organizations are struggling with today because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions assure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can learners be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage issues like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Students want to know how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desire for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This interesting new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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