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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in elearning are providing the means for learners all over the world to participate in online courses. These massive open courses are mostly free for students 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 several topics that distance learning organizations have to deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Ghana to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle problems like poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a growing need to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders need to better understand these open education experiments. Trainers want to know how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing need for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource subjects. This sensational new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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