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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in e-learning technology are empowering people all around the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOCs are ordinarily 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 numerous subjects that learning technology organizations are struggling with now that online learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions certify that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can learners ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like Relay Graduate School of Education to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants want to better grasp these exciting new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this developing demand for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also researches the 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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