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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in elearning technology make it possible for people in nations all around the world to take part in courses online. MOOC courses are ordinarily 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. There are numerous issues that e-learning technology organizations are struggling with today because distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of these MOOCs is decent? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more procurable there is a developing demand to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education initiatives. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing desire for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This dramatic new book also reviews the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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