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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers topics related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new improvements in distance learning technology enable people in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are customarily free for students 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 many issues that elearning institutions must deal with more than ever because learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions assure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford Online to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these intriguing new open educational ventures. Universities want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this increasing desideratum for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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