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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in elearning have empowered students all over the world to take online courses. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These online MOOCs are ordinarily 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 lot of subjects that elearning technology organizations are considering more than ever because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can we make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Wake Island to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding necessity to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants need to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational endeavours. Instructors want to perceive how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this increasing desire for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education issues. This dramatic new book also describes the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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