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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in learning technology enable people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are mostly free 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 many topics that online learning technology institutions have to struggle with today because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we ensure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage problems like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desideratum to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants desire to better perceive these significant new open educational experiments. Scientists want to know how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this desideratum for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also researches the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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