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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines topics regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern advancements in distance learning technology have empowered learners in all parts of the world to take online courses. Massive open online courses are mostly 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. There are many topics that elearning technology organizations have to struggle with today because online education technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations make sure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like South Ossetia to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a increasing necessity to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants need to better understand these intriguing new open educational experiments. Scholars want to better understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing need for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This stimulating new book also considers the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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