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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in electronic educational technology have enabled humans in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. MOOC courses are almost always 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 a lot of topics that distance learning organizations must deal with now that elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like OpenLearning to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a desire to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open education initiatives. Scientists want to understand how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this need for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also considers the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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