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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New advances in online education technology are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to take classes online. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These massive open courses are customarily 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 topics that elearning technology organizations have to consider more than ever because online education technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like UC Santa Cruz to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a desideratum to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open education ventures. Universities want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this demand for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational subjects. This exciting new book also examines the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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