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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes topics related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern advancements in distance learning have empowered people all over the world to take part in classes online. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for students but do not 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 issues that online learning institutions are dealing with more than ever because learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the quality control for these MOOCs is acceptable? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business models are being used by organizations like University of New Mexico to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a desire to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Students want to grasp how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this developing need for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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