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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New developments in elearning technology make it possible for humans all around the world to be participants in online courses. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOCs are almost always 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 many topics that online learning technology organizations have to consider more than ever because distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we make sure that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of Kentucky to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage issues like poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders would like to better understand these intriguing new open educational experiments. Academics want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this demand for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also researches the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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