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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest evolvements in online learning enable students all over the world to be participants in courses online. Massive open online courses are generally free for students 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. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are several issues that elearning technology institutions are having to attend to more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can organizations ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants would like to better perceive these promising new open educational initiatives. Universities want to comprehend how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this need for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This interesting new book also examines the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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