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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new improvements in technology-enhanced learning have enabled humans all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are customarily free 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. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are numerous issues that elearning technology institutions are having to attend to now that elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can participants assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of low motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Public servants want to know how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing desideratum for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This exciting new book also explores the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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