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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in distance learning technology are providing the means for students in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are free for students 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 topics that elearning institutions are having to deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can learners assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like University of South Florida to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle problems like low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a demand to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these fascinating new open education experiments. Everybody wants to perceive how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this desire for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This dramatic new book also describes the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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