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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in online learning are making it possible for people all around the world to be participants in online classes. These MOOCs are commonly 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 many subjects that distance learning institutions are having to consider more than ever because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations be assured that the quality control for these MOOC courses is decent? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Philippines to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we handle inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing necessity to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants want to gain more knowledge about these significant new open education undertakings. Lecturers want to know how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this desideratum for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This gripping new book also considers the controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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