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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with topics relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent developments in distance learning technology enable students in nations all around the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOC classes are customarily 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 quite a few subjects that distance learning institutions have to deal with now that e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand these new open educational ventures. Academics want to understand how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this growing desideratum for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also studies the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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