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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest advances in electronic educational technology have provided the means for people all over the world to participate in courses online. These massive online courses are usually 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. There are numerous subjects that e-learning technology institutions must deal with today because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants ensure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like MenaVersity to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing necessity to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open education ventures. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this need for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education topics. This definitive new book also studies the key controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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