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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews topics having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in online education make it possible for people in nations all around the world to participate in courses online. These massively open online courses are free 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 quite a few subjects that online learning technology organizations are having to deal with more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants assure that the quality of these MOOC courses is adequate? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Johnston Atoll to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle problems like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders would like to better perceive these important new open education initiatives. Universities want to grasp how these MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this growing desire for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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