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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent developments in electronic education technology have empowered learners in every nation on earth to take online classes. Massively open online courses are commonly free for students 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. There are a lot of topics that elearning technology institutions are having to consider more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can learners be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Reddit to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders need to be more aware of these new open educational ventures. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this expanding need for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This gripping new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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