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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in distance learning technology are enabling learners in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are customarily free for students 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 numerous topics that distance learning organizations are having to deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of these massive open online courses is all right? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desire to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand these promising new open educational initiatives. Lecturers want to know how MOOC classes can be enhanced. In response to this developing desideratum for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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