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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent developments in online education technology are enabling learners all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are normally free for students but do not consistently 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 several issues that distance learning organizations have to deal with now that elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is adequate? How can students ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Brown University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage issues like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more procurable there is a demand to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open educational ventures. Everybody wants to grasp how massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive desideratum for knowledge the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This stimulating new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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