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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in online education are empowering students in nations all around the world to participate in classes online. These online MOOC courses are free for learners 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 quite a few subjects that online learning institutions are having to deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of these massive open online courses is decent? How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Bermuda to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with low learner motivation and high attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing need to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these compelling new open educational initiatives. Intellectuals want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing desire for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This authoritative new book also considers the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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