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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in online learning enable learners in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. Massively open online courses are generally 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 quite a few topics that online education organizations are having to attend to today because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can learners ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by institutions like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these new open educational initiatives. Instructors want to know how these MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this demand for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also articulates the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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