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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in e-learning technology are empowering humans all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are free 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 numerous subjects that online learning technology institutions are having to struggle with today because elearning technology is advancing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can learners ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Finland to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle issues like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these intriguing new open education ventures. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this developing need for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This gripping new book also articulates the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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