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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses subjects regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in electronic education technology are making it possible for people in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. These online MOOCs are customarily free 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 numerous topics that e-learning technology institutions are having to deal with now that elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the education provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like The New School to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a necessity to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these important new open educational undertakings. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be enhanced. In response to this increasing need for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also examines the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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