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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches topics regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in distance learning have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to take online courses. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. MOOCs are generally 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 dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are several topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions are struggling with now that online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants assure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Saint Vincent and the Grenadines to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage issues like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a necessity to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants desire to better grasp these promising new open education experiments. Professors want to better understand how these MOOCs can be enhanced. In response to this developing demand for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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