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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in online education technology have made it possible for people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. 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 online learning technology organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Switzerland to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more widespread there is a growing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand these significant new open educational endeavours. Trainers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this growing desideratum for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also considers the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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