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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest advances in online education technology are enabling people all around the world to take online classes. These online MOOCs are customarily 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 numerous issues that online learning organizations are dealing with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can educators make sure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like U.S. Virgin Islands to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding necessity to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants need to gain more knowledge about these open education endeavours. Instructors want to better understand how MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this demand for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This gripping new book also studies the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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