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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues related to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent developments in e-learning technology enable people all over the world to participate in online classes. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently 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 subjects that online learning institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions certify that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can we handle problems like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education ventures. Academics want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this expanding desideratum for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This dramatic new book also considers the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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