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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which talks about subjects relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. The latest changes in online learning enable humans all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are commonly free 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 quite a few issues that e-learning institutions are struggling with now that elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we be assured that the quality control for these MOOC courses is respectable? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like California Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desideratum to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these fascinating new open educational initiatives. Lecturers want to better understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this demand for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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