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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new gains in e-learning have made it possible for humans in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are customarily free for students 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. There are several issues that e-learning technology institutions have to consider now that elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions be assured that the training provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can organizations make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle issues like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these significant new open educational undertakings. Teachers want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive desire for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also researches 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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