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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in distance learning are empowering humans all around the world to take classes online. Massive open online courses are mostly free for students 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 variety of subjects that e-learning institutions have to struggle with now that online education technology is developing so fast. How can participants assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like United Kingdom to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle problems like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants want to gain more knowledge about these promising new open educational experiments. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this expanding demand for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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