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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in online learning technology are empowering people in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses online. MOOC classes are typically free for students 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 a variety of issues that distance learning institutions have to deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What strategies are being used by organizations like Boston University to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning becomes more available there is a desire to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Public servants want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desire for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This dramatic new book also explores the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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