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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New changes in electronic education technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are numerous topics that distance learning organizations have to deal with today because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can educators assure that the training provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Russia to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle problems like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other participants desire to understand these compelling new open education ventures. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education topics. This exciting new book also considers the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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