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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advancements in distance learning have enabled learners in nations all around the world to take courses online. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not 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 issues that learning technology organizations are having to attend to more than ever because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Khan Academy to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational endeavours. Lecturers want to perceive how these MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this expanding demand for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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