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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses topics regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in electronic education technology make it possible for students in nations all around the world to be participants in online courses. MOOC courses are almost always free for learners 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 numerous issues that elearning institutions have to deal with now that online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle low student motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Researchers want to comprehend how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this growing need for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This amazing new book also considers the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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