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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that researches subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest evolvements in elearning have empowered humans in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. MOOCs are commonly free but do not consistently 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 several issues that learning technology institutions must deal with now that elearning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a developing need to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational ventures. Academics want to understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this increasing desire for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also considers the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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