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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in digital education technology have empowered students all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are almost always free for students 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 quite a few topics that elearning technology organizations are having to deal with now that online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is decent? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business models are being used by institutions like Vanuatu to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage problems like poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open educational initiatives. Students want to grasp how MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this growing need for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also considers the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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