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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews subjects related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in online education technology are enabling humans in every nation on earth to take online classes. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners 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. There are several issues that elearning organizations are having to consider more than ever because online education technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions assure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Mali to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage problems like poor motivation and high student attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing need to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these fascinating new open education endeavours. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive demand for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This inspiring new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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