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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in electronic education technology are providing the means for people all over the world to be participants in courses online. These massive open courses are commonly 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 a lot of topics that elearning technology institutions have to consider more than ever because distance learning technology is developing so fast. How can participants guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Peter I Island to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding necessity to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and many other participants need to gain a better understanding of these exciting new open education endeavours. Researchers want to perceive how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this crescive demand for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education issues. This definitive new book also explores the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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