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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New evolvements in electronic educational technology are enabling learners in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are generally free 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 a lot of topics that e-learning organizations must deal with more than ever because distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations certify that the quality control for these massively open online courses is adequate? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing desideratum to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants desire to better perceive these important new open education endeavours. Educators want to grasp how MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This stimulating new book also examines the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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