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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in online education are making it possible for people all around the world to take part in courses online. These massive online courses are mostly free for students 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 quite a few subjects that distance learning institutions have to consider today because distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants assure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these MOOC courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage issues like poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other participants desire to better perceive these promising new open education endeavours. People want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing desideratum for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This thrilling new book also addresses the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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