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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in e-learning technology are empowering people all over the world to be participants in courses online. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These massive open online courses are generally 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 several topics that online learning technology institutions are having to struggle with now that online education technology is developing so fast. How can institutions ensure that the quality of these MOOCs is respectable? How can learners guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Columbia University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle problems like low learner motivation and high attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more available there is a growing demand to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders would like to understand these significant new open education ventures. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational topics. This sensational new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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