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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that researches issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New changes in online education technology are providing the means for learners in all parts of the world to take courses online. MOOCs are customarily 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 a lot of topics that elearning institutions must deal with more than ever because distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can organizations assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Excelsior College to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants want to gain more knowledge about these fascinating new open education experiments. Everyone wants to know how MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this demand for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also reviews the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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