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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores subjects relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in online learning technology have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. These online MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently 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 issues that online learning organizations are having to consider today because online education technology is developing so fast. How can institutions ensure that the quality of these MOOC courses is all right? How can institutions make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Somalia to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding necessity to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants need to better comprehend these important new open education experiments. Scholars want to perceive how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this demand for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational subjects. This new book also deals with the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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