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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines subjects having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses. The latest improvements in online education have empowered people in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOCs are 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 dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a variety of issues that elearning technology institutions have to struggle with today because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can institutions certify that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Morocco to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle issues like inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desideratum to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational ventures. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Educators want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding demand for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational subjects. This interesting new book also researches the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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