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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in distance learning technology are enabling learners in nations all around the world to be participants in online courses. These MOOCs are generally 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 several issues that learning technology organizations must deal with now that e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is decent? How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Australia to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can we get a handle on low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a demand to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Trainers want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing need for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This new book also examines 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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