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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New evolvements in online education technology are enabling people all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are almost always free for learners 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 issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to struggle with today because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is passable? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage issues like poor motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders need to better understand these interesting new open educational endeavours. Lecturers want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing need for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This gripping new book also reviews the controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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