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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that articulates issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in electronic education technology are providing the means for people in nations all aver the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are mostly 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 many subjects that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to now that learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can participants certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like openHPI to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of low motivation and high attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders want to better understand these exciting new open educational initiatives. Professors want to understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this developing desire for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also explores the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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