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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers subjects regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in distance learning are providing the means for students all around the world to take online courses. Massively open online courses are mostly free for learners 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 lot of issues that e-learning technology institutions are having to struggle with today because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators assure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can learners be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle problems like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more available there is a developing desideratum to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these promising new open educational endeavours. Universities want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this developing demand for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education topics. This book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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