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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advancements in online learning have enabled humans all around the world to take online classes. 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 quite a few subjects that elearning organizations have to struggle with today because distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations assure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Eliademy to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a growing desideratum to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational endeavours. Academics want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this growing desire for knowledge the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This amazing new book also examines the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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