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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses subjects pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in learning technology are enabling people all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are usually free for students 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 numerous issues that learning technology organizations have to consider today because online education technology is developing so fast. How can educators assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can institutions be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like iversity to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a growing need to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and many other participants would like to better perceive these open education initiatives. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this developing need for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This amazing new book also deals with 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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