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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about topics related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in e-learning are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to be participants in online courses. These MOOC courses are commonly free for learners but do not always 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 issues that elearning technology organizations are dealing with today because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators make sure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Columbia University to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Students want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this developing demand for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This amazing new book also describes the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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