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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in electronic educational technology have enabled students in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners 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 issues that e-learning technology institutions are having to consider now that e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can institutions certify that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Princeton University to conduct these MOOC classes? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders need to understand these important new open education experiments. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. In response to this increasing desideratum for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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