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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New evolvements in e-learning make it possible for students all over the world to take online classes. These massive open online courses are free but do not 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. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many issues that e-learning organizations are dealing with today because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Japan to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle problems like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to be aware of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open educational endeavours. Professors want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. In response to this developing desire for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also investigates the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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