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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in elearning have provided the means for people all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are free for learners 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 many topics that distance learning organizations are struggling with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can educators assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can learners guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Peer to Peer University to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle problems like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these open educational ventures. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this demand for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This interesting new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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