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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews issues related to open education resources and massively open online courses. Modern improvements in electronic educational technology make it possible for learners in nations all aver the world to participate in classes online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOC classes are almost always 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 topics that online learning organizations have to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Andorra to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a desire to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these important new open educational endeavours. Instructors want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this need for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This exciting new book also discusses the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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