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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in learning technology are providing the means for people all around the world to be participants in courses online. These massively open online courses are free for learners but do not always 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 subjects that online education organizations have to consider more than ever because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers certify that the quality of these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we get a handle on inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning becomes more procurable there is a developing need to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Teachers want to perceive how these massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive desire for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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