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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers subjects regarding open education resources and massive open online courses. The latest improvements in online learning technology are enabling humans in every nation on earth to take part in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are usually 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 several issues that e-learning technology organizations have to deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these open education endeavours. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this crescive desideratum for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education issues. This gripping new book also articulates the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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