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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest advancements in elearning technology have enabled students in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. These massive online courses are commonly 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 dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many issues that online learning institutions have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can we assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is good? How can students certify that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business models are being used by organizations like Ecotech Institute to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage issues like poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these open education experiments. Scholars want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this growing demand for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also studies the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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