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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New advances in online learning technology have empowered learners all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are usually free 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 several issues that elearning technology organizations are having to struggle with today because online education technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can institutions certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like Peer to Peer University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants need to better grasp these exciting new open education ventures. Academics want to perceive how MOOCs can be enhanced. In response to this crescive need for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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