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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which analyzes topics pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent advances in elearning technology are providing the means for people all around the world to take online classes. These massively open online courses are free for learners 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 quite a few subjects that online education organizations must deal with now that online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business models are being used by institutions like Monaco to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing need to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these new open education initiatives. Everybody wants to grasp how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this growing demand for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education issues. This dramatic new book also examines the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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