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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new improvements in learning technology are making it possible for people all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are commonly 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 quite a few issues that e-learning technology institutions are having to consider now that distance learning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the training provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like NovoEd to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning becomes more procurable there is a expanding demand to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders need to better grasp these promising new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to better understand how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing need for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education issues. This new book also considers the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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