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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in e-learning make it possible for students in all parts of the world to participate in online classes. These MOOC classes are generally free 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 issues that online learning organizations have to deal with today because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Greenland to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with low motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Scholars and many other stakeholders need to understand these significant new open educational endeavours. Researchers want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive desire for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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