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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in e-learning have provided the means for humans in nations all around the world to take part in online courses. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive open courses are typically 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 variety of topics that online learning technology organizations have to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by organizations like British Antarctic Territory to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational undertakings. Intellectuals want to perceive how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this demand for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational subjects. This book also discusses the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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