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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates topics relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in electronic education technology have enabled people in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive open online 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 quite a few topics that distance learning organizations are having to deal with today because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of these massive open online courses is respectable? How can we certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open education undertakings. People want to better understand how MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this need for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational topics. This amazing new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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