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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New evolvements in learning technology are empowering students in nations all aver the world to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free for learners 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 several issues that e-learning technology organizations must deal with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can students certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Corporations want to understand how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. In response to this crescive demand for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource issues. This dramatic new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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