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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New evolvements in digital education technology are enabling humans in nations all around the world to participate in courses online. These massive open courses are commonly 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 many topics that elearning technology organizations are struggling with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can participants be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can students make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle issues like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Scientists want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing desideratum for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also examines the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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