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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in distance learning technology enable learners all around the world to take online courses. These online MOOC courses are generally free 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 quite a few subjects that distance learning organizations are dealing with today because online education technology is developing so fast. How can institutions ensure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage problems like low motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a developing need to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants would like to better understand these exciting new open educational experiments. Corporations want to comprehend how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive desire for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education topics. This exciting new book also explores the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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