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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest improvements in online learning are making it possible for learners all over the world to take courses online. MOOCs are generally 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 numerous subjects that online learning technology institutions are having to consider more than ever because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can we ensure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open education endeavours. Corporations want to understand how MOOCs can be improved. In response to this crescive desire for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This intriguing new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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