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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern developments in online education are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to take part in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are ordinarily 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 dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of subjects that online learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators make sure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle issues like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these new open education endeavours. Corporations want to know how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this growing desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This gripping new book also researches the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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