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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in e-learning technology are making it possible for students in nations all around the world to take courses online. These massive open online courses are commonly 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 lot of issues that e-learning technology organizations are having to struggle with today because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we assure that the quality control for these MOOCs is respectable? How can organizations ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by institutions like United Kingdom to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open education experiments. Students want to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this expanding desideratum for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education subjects. This dramatic new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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