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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses subjects related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in electronic education technology make it possible for learners all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are commonly 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 lot of topics that elearning technology organizations are having to attend to now that elearning technology is improving so fast. How can participants ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like University of Maryland, College Park to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning becomes more available there is a developing demand to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational undertakings. Researchers want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this desideratum for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education topics. This intriguing new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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