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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest developments in online learning are empowering people all around the world to participate in courses online. MOOCs are typically 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 numerous issues that learning technology organizations are having to attend to more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we guarantee that the quality control for these MOOCs is adequate? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage problems like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more procurable there is a need to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational initiatives. Intellectuals want to understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive desideratum for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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