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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in electronic educational technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners 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 several issues that e-learning institutions are having to struggle with today because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers make sure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can learners guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business models are being used by organizations like YouTube to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage issues like low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders need to understand these important new open education experiments. Everyone wants to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this expanding desideratum for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This new book also reviews the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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