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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New advances in digital education technology are enabling people all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are free 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 several issues that online education institutions are having to consider today because distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is decent? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can organizations make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like Zambia to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage problems like inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this expanding desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education topics. This dramatic new book also studies the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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