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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in online learning have empowered students in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. These MOOCs 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 topics that online learning technology institutions are dealing with now that learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can learners certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Minnesota to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding demand to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders need to better understand these intriguing new open educational experiments. Researchers want to understand how MOOCs can be made better. In response to this developing desire for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This thrilling new book also explores the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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