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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest changes in electronic education technology have made it possible for students in nations all aver the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are mostly 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 a lot of issues that online education institutions must deal with now that learning technology is advancing so fast. How can we make sure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Georgetown University to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a developing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these new open educational endeavours. Academics want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To meet this increasing desideratum for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also researches the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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