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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in online education technology are providing the means for humans in nations all around the world to take online courses. These online MOOC courses 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 numerous subjects that technology-enhanced learning institutions are struggling with now that distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of these massive open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Miriada X to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open educational ventures. Everybody wants to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding desire for facts the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also reviews the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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