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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies topics related to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New changes in elearning are making it possible for learners in nations all aver the world to be participants in classes online. These MOOC classes are ordinarily 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 many issues that elearning organizations must deal with now that e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators ensure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants manage issues like low student motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants desire to better perceive these new open educational experiments. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding desideratum for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This new book also describes the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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