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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest developments in distance learning technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. These MOOC classes are 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 quite a few subjects that online learning technology organizations have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions ensure that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can we make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Wesleyan University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage problems like inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these fascinating new open education ventures. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this need for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This amazing new book also articulates the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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