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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines topics pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. New changes in e-learning technology enable students all around the world to participate in courses online. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free 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. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few issues that online education institutions are struggling with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of low student motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants need to better perceive these new open education initiatives. Professors want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this growing desideratum for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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