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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies topics relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in online education are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to take courses online. MOOC courses are typically free for learners 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 several issues that distance learning organizations have to deal with more than ever because online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like The Pennsylvania State University to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more available there is a need to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Everyone wants to perceive how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this need for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics. This gripping new book also examines the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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