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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores subjects relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in electronic education technology are enabling students in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. MOOC classes are usually free for learners 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. There are a lot of subjects that online learning technology institutions are having to attend to now that online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is good? This open education book offers guidelines for others hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning experience. How can we certify that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Eritrea to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants manage problems like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders want to understand these important new open educational endeavours. Everybody wants to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this need for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This gripping new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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