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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that investigates issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. The latest improvements in learning technology make it possible for learners all around the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are commonly 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 a lot of subjects that online learning organizations are having to struggle with now that learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Babson College to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Scientists want to better understand how MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this developing need for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This thrilling new book also discusses the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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