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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about subjects related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent changes in learning technology are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to participate in classes online. Massively open online courses are customarily free for learners 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. There are quite a few issues that elearning technology organizations are dealing with today because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can stakeholders make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like University of California, Santa Cruz to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these compelling new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding demand for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This new book also examines the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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