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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in online education make it possible for learners in nations all aver the world to take courses online. These massive open courses are typically free for learners 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 a variety of topics that online education institutions must deal with now that learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can participants make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Costa Rica to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online education becomes more available there is a developing demand to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these compelling new open educational endeavours. Researchers want to perceive how these MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this developing need for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This amazing new book also describes the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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