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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines subjects related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent developments in digital education technology have empowered people in all parts of the world to take part in online classes. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently 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 issues that online learning organizations are having to deal with today because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants ensure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Princeton University to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage problems like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more procurable there is a growing need to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants need to gain a better understanding of these compelling new open educational endeavours. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing desideratum for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This book also examines the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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