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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes topics related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in e-learning technology have enabled students in every nation on earth to take courses online. These MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not 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 topics that distance learning organizations have to struggle with today because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators make sure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What strategies are being used by institutions like Poland to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a desideratum to comprehend how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants want to better understand these promising new open educational ventures. Everybody wants to know how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this expanding demand for knowledge the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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