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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in digital education technology are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. These massive online courses are almost always 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. There are many issues that e-learning institutions are having to attend to now that learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders ensure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of Florida to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage issues like low motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a demand to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders want to better understand these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be improved. In response to this expanding desideratum for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This stimulating new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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