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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes subjects having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses. The latest evolvements in distance learning technology are empowering people all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These MOOCs are almost always free for learners but do not consistently 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. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of topics that e-learning organizations are having to struggle with today because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like Scottsdale Community College to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage issues like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Universities and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these new open educational endeavours. Teachers want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this expanding desideratum for data the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education subjects. This authoritative new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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