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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in online learning have made it possible for students in all parts of the world to take online courses. These online MOOCs are typically 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 issues that online education institutions must deal with more than ever because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions assure that the quality of these MOOC courses is passable? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants need to better comprehend these new open educational undertakings. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this expanding demand for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This gripping new book also explores the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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