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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics regarding open education resources and massive open online courses. Brand new advancements in electronic educational technology are providing the means for learners in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are commonly 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 several topics that online learning organizations have to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the training provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can participants make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like One Month to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants manage issues like inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a developing desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants desire to understand these promising new open educational undertakings. Everybody wants to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing need for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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