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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines subjects relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in e-learning are empowering people in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are almost always 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 lot of subjects that online learning technology organizations are struggling with now that e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers be assured that the education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Somaliland to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle problems like inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and many other participants need to better understand these new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to grasp how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing desire for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This interesting new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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