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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews topics pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses. New gains in elearning have provided the means for people all over the world to participate in online courses. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. Massively open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not 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 topics that distance learning organizations are dealing with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations ensure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can participants make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Turks and Caicos Islands to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants desire to better understand these promising new open education experiments. Teachers want to understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding demand for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This sensational new book also considers the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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