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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New gains in electronic educational technology are enabling people all over the world to be participants in courses online. These massive online courses are typically free for students but do not always 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 numerous topics that elearning organizations have to consider now that online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants certify that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like United Kingdom to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage issues like poor motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand these open education endeavours. Professors want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this growing desire for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education issues. This dramatic new book also considers the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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