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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest developments in electronic education technology have empowered students all over the world to participate in courses online. MOOC courses are almost always free for students 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 online learning institutions are struggling with now that distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Fiji to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Everybody wants to grasp how these MOOCs can be made better. To meet this developing need for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also considers the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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