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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers subjects related to open education resources and massive open online courses. New advances in digital education technology enable students in nations all aver the world to participate in online courses. Massively open online courses are ordinarily 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 many issues that elearning organizations are having to consider today because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can learners ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these significant new open educational endeavours. Corporations want to better understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This exciting new book also describes the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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