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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in electronic education technology are making it possible for people in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. MOOC classes are typically free 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 a variety of issues that e-learning organizations are having to struggle with now that online education technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions assure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can learners guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Vatican City to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle issues like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to understand how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing need for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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