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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. New improvements in distance learning technology are enabling students in all parts of the world to participate in classes online. These massively open online courses are usually free 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 a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to attend to now that learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the quality of these massive open online courses is all right? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Australian Antarctic Territory to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle low learner motivation and high attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more abundant there is a desideratum to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational undertakings. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this increasing need for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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