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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in distance learning make it possible for students all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are almost always free for students 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 a variety of subjects that e-learning technology organizations are dealing with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of these massive open online courses is adequate? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Rwanda to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing need to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these important new open educational experiments. Teachers want to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive demand for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This gripping 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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