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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies subjects related to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent advancements in digital education technology enable students in nations all around the world to be participants in courses online. MOOCs are typically free for learners but do not 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 subjects that distance learning institutions have to struggle with now that distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants make sure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can organizations certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Tonga to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle problems like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to be aware of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these significant new open education experiments. People want to grasp how MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this crescive desideratum for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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