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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in distance learning technology have enabled people in all parts of the world to take courses online. Massively open online courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently 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 many issues that elearning technology institutions are struggling with now that elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators ensure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can learners make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Puerto Rico to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open educational endeavours. Public servants want to know how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding need for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This book also researches the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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