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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses topics pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent developments in e-learning are providing the means for people in nations all aver the world to take part in courses online. Massively open online courses are customarily 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. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are several subjects that online education institutions are dealing with now that e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can students ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by organizations like NovoEd to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle problems like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more available there is a growing need to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these open educational initiatives. Universities want to understand how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this crescive need for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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