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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in e-learning technology enable students all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are generally 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 many subjects that online education organizations are dealing with today because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations assure that the training provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Kyrgyzstan to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage issues like poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Public servants want to know how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this developing desire for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This sensational new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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