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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in distance learning technology have enabled students in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These MOOC courses are commonly 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 a lot of issues that online education institutions must deal with today because learning technology is advancing so quickly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can teachers be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like FutureLearn to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle problems like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a need to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants want to better perceive these new open education experiments. Scholars want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this developing desideratum for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This authoritative new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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