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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. New improvements in online learning technology are empowering students in all parts of the world to be participants in online classes. These MOOC courses are mostly free 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 variety of subjects that e-learning technology institutions are struggling with now that online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can learners ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Princeton University to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants desire to better understand these interesting new open education endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. People want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this developing desire for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This intriguing new book also describes the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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