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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest evolvements in electronic educational technology have enabled learners all over the world to participate in courses online. These MOOCs are commonly free for students 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 a lot of topics that e-learning technology organizations are dealing with now that elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can we assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open education initiatives. Teachers want to perceive how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this demand for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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