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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in e-learning technology enable learners in nations all around the world to be participants in online courses. Massively open online courses are ordinarily 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 many issues that learning technology institutions must deal with today because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can organizations make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders need to better grasp these promising new open educational undertakings. Trainers want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this demand for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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