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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which deals with issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in elearning are providing the means for people all over the world to take online classes. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. MOOCs are mostly free for learners 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 a variety of topics that online learning technology organizations must deal with today because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders certify that the training provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Rwaq to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing need to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Corporations want to know how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this growing desideratum for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This amazing new book also considers the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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