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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new developments in online education have provided the means for humans in all parts of the world to be participants in online classes. These massive open online courses are generally 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 several subjects that distance learning organizations have to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can institutions certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Isle of Man to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these open educational ventures. Corporations want to perceive how these MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also talks about the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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