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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in electronic educational technology enable learners in nations all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are normally free for students 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 quite a few topics that e-learning technology organizations are having to attend to today because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we make sure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Dominica to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage issues like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning becomes more available there is a increasing desideratum to comprehend how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this growing desire for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This inspiring new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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