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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in digital education technology are providing the means for students in nations all around the world to be participants in classes online. These massive open courses are customarily 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 subjects that e-learning technology institutions are having to attend to today because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can organizations make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like American College of Education to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators manage issues like poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders desire to better perceive these interesting new open educational experiments. Instructors want to know how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this crescive demand for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also researches the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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