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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in online learning are providing the means for students all around the world to participate in classes online. MOOCs are almost always free for students 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 numerous topics that learning technology institutions are having to struggle with today because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants assure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Puerto Rico to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage problems like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a need to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Scientists want to know how MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this crescive demand for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also researches the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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