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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses subjects regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest advances in electronic educational technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. 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. There are a lot of issues that distance learning institutions are having to deal with today because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business strategies are being used by institutions like Eliademy to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage problems like poor student motivation and high attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a desire to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of these significant new open education experiments. Instructors want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this expanding need for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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