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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in e-learning technology have enabled learners in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. These massively open online courses are normally 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 numerous issues that elearning organizations are having to attend to more than ever because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators guarantee that the education provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these intriguing new open education undertakings. Intellectuals want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To satisfy this developing need for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics. This new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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