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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics regarding open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in technology-enhanced learning make it possible for people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. Massively open online courses are almost always free 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 issues that online learning technology institutions are having to attend to more than ever because learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants want to understand these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Trainers want to comprehend how MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this expanding need for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This sensational new book also considers the most important 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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