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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern gains in digital education technology have enabled people in nations all aver the world to participate in courses online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massively open online courses are usually 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 numerous subjects that technology-enhanced learning institutions are struggling with today because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality control for these MOOC courses is all right? How can institutions ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more widespread there is a growing need to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open educational endeavours. Scholars want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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