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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern evolvements in elearning have enabled people in every nation on earth to take courses online. These massive open online courses are almost always free for learners 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 a variety of subjects that blended learning institutions are considering today because online education technology is improving so swiftly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can we be assured that the quality control for these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can students make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business models are being used by institutions like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle low student motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a necessity to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Students want to grasp how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing demand for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This inspiring new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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