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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in technology-enhanced learning are enabling people all over the world to take part in online classes. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massive open courses are commonly free 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. This MOOCs book also documents active learning solutions that can help motivate students to engage in more productive learning experiences. There are several topics that elearning technology organizations have to struggle with more than ever because online education technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Eliademy to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding desire to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these compelling new open educational undertakings. Academics want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this need for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This gripping new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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