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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New evolvements in online education have made it possible for students in nations all aver the world to take part in courses online. These online MOOCs are ordinarily 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 issues that distance learning institutions have to struggle with now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can we assure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Liechtenstein to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these fascinating new open education endeavours. Intellectuals want to know how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive desire for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This interesting new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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