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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern evolvements in digital education technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to take part in online classes. These online MOOCs are commonly free for students 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 several subjects that e-learning technology organizations are having to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions assure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Academics want to grasp how massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding demand for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also deals with 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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