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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers subjects related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new advancements in elearning are enabling learners all over the world to be participants in courses online. These online MOOC courses are customarily free 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. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a variety of subjects that e-learning institutions have to consider more than ever because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business models are being used by institutions like China, People's Republic of to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants manage problems like poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a necessity to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open educational ventures. Everybody wants to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this need for knowledge the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This exciting new book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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