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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in digital education technology make it possible for learners all around the world to take courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are typically free 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 many issues that online education institutions are dealing with today because learning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like UC Santa Cruz to conduct these massively open online courses? How can teachers manage low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a necessity to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open educational ventures. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this growing demand for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This gripping new book also researches the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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