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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines subjects pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses. The latest improvements in distance learning have provided the means for people all over the world to be participants in courses online. MOOCs are almost always 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 many issues that distance learning institutions are dealing with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can educators certify that the education provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can we make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Mozambique to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders desire to better understand these promising new open educational ventures. People want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing need for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also researches the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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