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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern gains in e-learning technology have empowered people all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are typically free for students 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 a lot of topics that elearning technology organizations are having to attend to now that online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers make sure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Norway to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of low motivation and high attrition?

As elearning becomes more available there is a expanding demand to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these exciting new open educational ventures. Lecturers want to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive demand for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This amazing new book also articulates the major 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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