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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which analyzes topics pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in online education have empowered learners in nations all around the world to be participants in online courses. These massive open online courses are free 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 a variety of subjects that distance learning organizations have to deal with now that online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Australia to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and many other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational initiatives. Everybody wants to grasp how MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this desire for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education topics. This inspiring new book also discusses the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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