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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores subjects having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in learning technology are empowering people in nations all around the world to participate in online classes. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently 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 elearning organizations must deal with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can teachers ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can learners make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Ecuador to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a demand to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open educational undertakings. Lecturers want to know how MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing need for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This gripping new book also researches the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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