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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in electronic educational technology have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. These MOOCs are customarily free for students 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 a variety of issues that distance learning organizations must deal with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the training provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can students make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Seychelles to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a developing need to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational initiatives. Researchers want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this developing desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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