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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in online education are providing the means for people all around the world to participate in online classes. MOOCs are customarily 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 a lot of topics that online education organizations have to struggle with now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can teachers ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like Algeria to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a developing necessity to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Scholars want to understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this crescive desideratum for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This sensational new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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