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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in online education are providing the means for learners in all parts of the world to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are ordinarily 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 e-learning organizations are having to attend to now that e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions assure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like Isle of Man to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle problems like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more procurable there is a developing desire to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders need to be more aware of these promising new open educational undertakings. Trainers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this desire for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This dramatic new book also studies the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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