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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest evolvements in online education technology are enabling humans in all parts of the world to be participants in classes online. These online MOOC courses are commonly free 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 subjects that online learning technology institutions must deal with now that elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a need to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education undertakings. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this growing need for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This dramatic new book also studies the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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