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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines topics pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses. New evolvements in learning technology enable students in every nation on earth to participate in classes online. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily 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 many topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions are dealing with now that online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we ensure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Palmyra Atoll to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand these exciting new open education experiments. Everybody wants to better understand how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this growing desire for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This gripping new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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