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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern evolvements in technology-enhanced learning are enabling people in nations all around the world to be participants in online classes. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. 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 online learning technology institutions have to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can we certify that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like American College of Education to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a necessity to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these new open educational endeavours. Everybody wants to grasp how MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing demand for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also researches the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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