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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in learning technology are empowering people all around the world to be participants in online classes. These massively open online courses are mostly free for students 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 quite a few issues that online learning technology organizations must deal with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Canada to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a necessity to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders would like to understand these intriguing new open education experiments. Everybody wants to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this increasing desideratum for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This book also examines the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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