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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent advancements in elearning have provided the means for learners all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. Massively open online courses are commonly free 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 online education organizations are considering today because learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can learners ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business models are being used by organizations like Russia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants handle inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As online education technology becomes more available there is a developing need to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these new open education experiments. Everyone wants to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this need for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also deals with the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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