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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews issues related to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Brand new improvements in distance learning have enabled students all around the world to take classes online. Massively open online courses are normally free for learners 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. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are several topics that elearning organizations are dealing with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like OpenupEd to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage problems like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants would like to better perceive these intriguing new open educational ventures. Intellectuals want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding need for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also examines the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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