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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates subjects having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in e-learning technology have empowered people in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are normally free for students 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 numerous subjects that online education institutions are having to deal with today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations ensure that the education provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can participants make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Hong Kong to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage problems like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open education undertakings. Students want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding desire for knowledge the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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