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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches topics pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in distance learning technology have empowered humans in every nation on earth to take part in courses online. These massive open online courses are normally free for learners 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 dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are numerous subjects that online learning technology institutions are having to attend to more than ever because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers ensure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Moldova to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with low learner motivation and high attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more available there is a demand to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open educational experiments. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing desideratum for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This stimulating new book also explores the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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