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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest improvements in e-learning make it possible for people in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are typically 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 quite a few issues that online education institutions are having to consider more than ever because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is adequate? How can learners certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Saint Pierre and Miquelon to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding need to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and many other participants want to gain a better understanding of these promising new open education experiments. Students want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this crescive desideratum for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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