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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in e-learning technology are enabling people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are usually 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 subjects that elearning organizations are having to struggle with now that distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we ensure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we get a handle on poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more widespread there is a growing necessity to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open education undertakings. Academics want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this growing desire for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This intriguing new book also considers the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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