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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in electronic education technology have made it possible for students all over the world to take online classes. Massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently 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 several topics that distance learning institutions are struggling with more than ever because learning technology is developing so quickly. How can participants certify that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like China, People's Republic of to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants want to understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding desideratum for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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