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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers subjects related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in elearning have provided the means for humans in nations all around the world to participate in courses online. MOOC courses are customarily free for students 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. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are several issues that online learning technology institutions are struggling with now that online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can we guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is good? How can participants ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Cocos (Keeling) Islands to conduct these MOOC classes? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more procurable there is a necessity to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants desire to better understand these intriguing new open education undertakings. Students want to understand how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing demand for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education issues. This definitive new book also considers the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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