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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in distance learning technology are enabling humans in every nation on earth to take part in classes online. These massive open courses are free but do not 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 variety of issues that learning technology institutions must deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the education provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can learners certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like WizIQ to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desire to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other participants desire to better comprehend these interesting new open education endeavours. Instructors want to understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding need for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This amazing new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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