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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews subjects regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest evolvements in elearning are enabling students all around the world to participate in courses online. These MOOC courses are normally free 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 quite a few issues that online learning technology organizations are considering now that elearning technology is improving so fast. How can we make sure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Wallis and Futuna to conduct these MOOC courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more available there is a increasing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open education endeavours. Educators want to know how these massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this increasing need for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This new book also explores the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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