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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in elearning have enabled students in nations all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are almost always free but do not 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 several issues that e-learning organizations are struggling with today because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can institutions ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like YouTube to conduct these massively open online courses? How can educators handle low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a developing need to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants need to be more aware of these intriguing new open educational undertakings. Professors want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this desideratum for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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