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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores subjects related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern improvements in elearning technology are enabling learners all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are generally free 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 numerous issues that distance learning institutions are struggling with now that elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of these MOOC classes is decent? How can institutions certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Sudan to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding demand to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders need to better perceive these intriguing new open educational initiatives. Corporations want to know how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this need for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects. This book also reviews the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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