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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent advancements in online education technology are providing the means for people all over the world to take online courses. These MOOCs are customarily 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 many subjects that e-learning technology organizations are having to attend to more than ever because distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Honduras to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants get a handle on low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding desideratum to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these exciting new open educational ventures. Intellectuals want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing desideratum for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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