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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in distance learning have empowered people in nations all around the world to take courses online. Massive open online courses are free for students 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. There are quite a few subjects that online education organizations have to struggle with now that e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of these MOOCs is all right? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Australia to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage problems like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a developing need to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders desire to better grasp these interesting new open education experiments. Everybody wants to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this expanding demand for knowledge the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also researches the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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