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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in online education make it possible for people in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are normally 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 numerous subjects that elearning technology institutions are having to consider today because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can learners assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like University of Virginia to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more available there is a expanding desire to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these open education experiments. Everybody wants to know how MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this increasing demand for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This amazing new book also describes the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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