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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with subjects relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in technology-enhanced learning are empowering humans in every nation on earth to take classes online. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. MOOC classes are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are a lot of topics that elearning technology institutions are considering now that distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can organizations certify that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a desideratum to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders would like to better grasp these promising new open educational experiments. Professors want to grasp how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this expanding need for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This authoritative new book also considers the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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