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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in online education have empowered learners all around the world to be participants in online courses. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. MOOC classes are usually free for learners 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. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are numerous issues that elearning institutions have to struggle with today because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers certify that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Dominican Republic to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle issues like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a demand to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational endeavours. Professors want to understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This gripping new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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