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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which investigates issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in elearning technology have empowered students in nations all around the world to participate in online courses. These MOOC courses are 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 many issues that elearning organizations are dealing with today because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Princeton University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators manage problems like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open educational ventures. Universities want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource subjects. This book also examines the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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