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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses subjects relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in online learning have empowered students in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily 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 issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to consider more than ever because online education technology is advancing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can students certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Kazakhstan to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle issues like poor student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing need to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants need to better understand these compelling new open educational experiments. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing need for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education issues. This definitive new book also addresses the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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