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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new developments in distance learning technology enable people in all parts of the world to participate in classes online. These massive open courses are normally free for students 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 dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are several topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations must deal with now that online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations certify that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can participants make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford Online to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education technology becomes more procurable there is a developing need to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational endeavours. Instructors want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing desire for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This interesting new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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