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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores issues regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest changes in electronic education technology have made it possible for people all over the world to take classes online. MOOC classes are ordinarily 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 a lot of issues that online learning institutions have to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like United States to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing need to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open educational initiatives. Professors want to comprehend how MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive demand for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also considers the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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