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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in online education have empowered people all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are 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 a lot of subjects that learning technology institutions are having to attend to today because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers ensure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can organizations certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants would like to better comprehend these interesting new open educational initiatives. Everybody wants to grasp how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive demand for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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