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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advancements in learning technology are providing the means for people all around the world to participate in online courses. These massive open online courses are generally 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 a lot of topics that learning technology organizations are having to deal with today because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants assure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can participants ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Somaliland to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a need to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants desire to better perceive these new open educational ventures. Corporations want to perceive how massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding desire for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This dramatic new book also examines the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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