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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest changes in online learning technology enable people all around the world to take online classes. MOOCs are mostly free for learners but do not consistently 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 a lot of issues that e-learning technology organizations have to struggle with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can teachers be assured that the education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can participants make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Colorado System to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators handle issues like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Scientists want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing demand for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This book also articulates the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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