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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews topics pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in e-learning have enabled humans in nations all aver the world to be participants in classes online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massively open online courses are typically 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 online education organizations are struggling with now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can participants assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Eliademy to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants want to gain more knowledge about these fascinating new open education initiatives. Intellectuals want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this developing desire for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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