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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in distance learning technology are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to participate in classes online. These massive open courses are commonly free for students 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 a variety of topics that elearning organizations have to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the quality of these MOOCs is tolerable? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Great Basin College to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing need to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders need to better comprehend these exciting new open education undertakings. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing need for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education subjects. This sensational new book also reviews the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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