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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in distance learning technology are empowering people all over the world to participate in courses online. Massively open online courses are typically 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 numerous issues that e-learning technology institutions have to consider more than ever because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can participants make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants want to better perceive these significant new open education ventures. People want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive desideratum for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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