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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in online learning are providing the means for people all around the world to be participants in courses online. Massively open online courses are generally free for students 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 many issues that learning technology organizations are having to deal with now that learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with poor student motivation and high attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these open educational experiments. Students want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this developing desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This gripping new book also discusses 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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