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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent developments in elearning technology have empowered learners in nations all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are mostly free 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. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a variety of subjects that elearning technology organizations are having to consider more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can participants make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like San Marino to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage issues like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a growing demand to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand these new open education experiments. Scholars want to better understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this desire for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This exciting new book also explores the controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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