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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with issues having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern gains in digital education technology have empowered learners all over the world to take part in courses online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massive open courses are normally free for learners 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 quite a few subjects that learning technology institutions have to struggle with now that online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Vanuatu to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle low motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing demand to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these intriguing new open education experiments. Universities want to understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this increasing desire for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education subjects. This interesting new book also examines the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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