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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in digital education technology have enabled humans all over the world to participate in courses online. These online MOOCs are normally 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 quite a few issues that learning technology organizations are having to deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can students make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Iran to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more available there is a expanding demand to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these compelling new open educational initiatives. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also explores the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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