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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which describes issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New gains in digital education technology have made it possible for learners all around the world to take part in courses online. MOOC classes are usually 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. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many topics that elearning institutions are having to deal with more than ever because online education technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can participants certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Navassa Island to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants handle inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more available there is a growing desire to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to know how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this growing need for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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