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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest evolvements in elearning technology enable people all around the world to take courses online. These online MOOCs are normally free for learners 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 a variety of issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to attend to more than ever because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can we ensure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like State University of New York to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of low motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing need to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Students want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational issues. This book also addresses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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