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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in online education are making it possible for people in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are almost always free 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 a lot of issues that elearning technology institutions are having to consider more than ever because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we ensure that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Tanzania to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a demand to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants need to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Scholars want to perceive how MOOC classes can be enhanced. In response to this crescive desideratum for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This exciting new book also researches the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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