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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with subjects regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses. The latest gains in online education have made it possible for people in every nation on earth to participate in classes online. MOOC courses are almost always free for students 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 many issues that online learning technology institutions have to struggle with today because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can learners assure that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Macau to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a desideratum to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants desire to better perceive these fascinating new open educational ventures. Everyone wants to perceive how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this expanding need for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also researches the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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