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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in electronic education technology are enabling humans all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are mostly 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 a lot of topics that online learning technology institutions are having to consider more than ever because online education technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the education provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Heard Island and McDonald Islands to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these exciting new open education endeavours. Everybody wants to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding desire for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This amazing new book also explores the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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