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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in online education technology have provided the means for students all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students 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 a lot of issues that elearning organizations have to deal with more than ever because online education technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage issues like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more available there is a increasing necessity to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants would like to better perceive these important new open educational ventures. Teachers want to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this need for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also considers the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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