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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern developments in online education technology have made it possible for humans in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are almost always 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 lot of issues that online learning institutions are having to attend to now that learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can learners certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like McHenry County College to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding demand to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other participants desire to be more aware of these new open educational undertakings. Scholars want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing demand for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational issues. This book also researches the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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