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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new improvements in electronic educational technology have provided the means for learners all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are mostly free for learners 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 organizations have to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of these MOOC classes is good? How can students make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Berklee College of Music to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high attrition?

As elearning becomes more available there is a increasing desideratum to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational initiatives. Trainers want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this expanding demand for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also articulates the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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