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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent advances in distance learning technology are enabling learners all around the world to take online courses. Massively open online courses are normally 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 issues that online learning technology institutions are having to attend to now that online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can we certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education initiatives. Public servants want to know how MOOCs can be enhanced. In response to this expanding desire for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This inspiring new book also considers the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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