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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in online learning make it possible for humans in nations all around the world to take online classes. These MOOCs are usually 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 many subjects that e-learning technology institutions are having to deal with now that learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like MOOEC to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing desideratum to be aware of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants want to understand these significant new open educational undertakings. Instructors want to grasp how MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this expanding desideratum for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also researches the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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