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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in distance learning have empowered learners all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are almost always 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 many subjects that e-learning institutions are dealing with now that elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Poland to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage issues like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding demand to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these exciting new open education ventures. Intellectuals want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To handle this increasing demand for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education issues. This sensational new book also studies the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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