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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New advances in distance learning technology are empowering humans all over the world to be participants in online courses. MOOC classes are almost always 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 a lot of topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions must deal with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can students make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like openHPI to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these new open educational endeavours. Corporations want to understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this crescive desire for knowledge the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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