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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in learning technology are making it possible for people all around the world to take part in courses online. These online MOOCs are normally free 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 a variety of issues that learning technology institutions are having to attend to now that online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants be assured that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Gabon to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we handle problems like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders need to better comprehend these exciting new open education undertakings. Universities want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing demand for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This exciting new book also examines the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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