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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in learning technology enable people all around the world to take online courses. These 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 a variety of subjects that distance learning organizations are having to attend to now that online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Ohio State University to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more procurable there is a increasing desideratum to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders need to better perceive these interesting new open educational ventures. Public servants want to grasp how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing need for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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