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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in online education technology have enabled humans all around the world to take online classes. These MOOCs are mostly free for learners 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 topics that online learning technology organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Niger to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants manage issues like inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a developing need to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these new open education experiments. Lecturers want to perceive how these MOOCs can be improved. In response to this need for information the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also reviews the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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