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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in online education technology are providing the means for students in nations all around the world to take courses online. These MOOC courses are generally 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 distance learning institutions are dealing with today because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality control for these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Educators want to know how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive desideratum for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education issues. This thrilling new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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