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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which articulates issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in distance learning technology have enabled people in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. These massive open online courses are mostly free 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 dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning technology organizations are having to attend to today because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is good? How can learners certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like California Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a necessity to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants want to understand these important new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to perceive how these MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desire for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education topics. This book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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