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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in elearning technology have made it possible for students in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are commonly free for students but do not always 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 quite a few subjects that online education institutions must deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can we ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Princeton University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with poor motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a necessity to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational undertakings. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be improved. To meet this expanding desire for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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