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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Brand new improvements in technology-enhanced learning are enabling people all around the world to be participants in classes online. These massive open online courses are customarily 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 several subjects that learning technology institutions are having to deal with today because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Albania to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle problems like low student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a developing need to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open education initiatives. People want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this crescive desideratum for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also reviews the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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