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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines topics related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in electronic educational technology are enabling people all over the world to take courses online. These massively open online courses are normally free for students 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 a lot of topics that elearning technology institutions are dealing with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the education provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more available there is a developing need to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants would like to better perceive these promising new open education initiatives. Scientists want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this need for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This authoritative new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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