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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in elearning are enabling students in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are usually 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 many topics that distance learning organizations are dealing with more than ever because online education technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can organizations ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Djibouti to conduct these MOOC classes? How can we get a handle on poor motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing need to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Professors want to understand how MOOC courses can be enhanced. In response to this growing demand for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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