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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest developments in online learning are making it possible for students in nations all around the world to be participants in classes online. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free 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 several issues that online education organizations have to deal with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is good? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Gibraltar to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders need to better grasp these promising new open educational ventures. Universities want to know how these MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this developing need for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education subjects. This inspiring new book also examines the major 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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