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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in e-learning are making it possible for people in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are normally 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 a variety of subjects that learning technology institutions have to consider now that elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators certify that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like United States to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage problems like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand these intriguing new open educational experiments. Scientists want to comprehend how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding demand for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also investigates the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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