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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in learning technology have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to take online classes. These massive open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not always 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. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a variety of subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations are struggling with today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can educators certify that the education provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Burundi to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants would like to better perceive these promising new open education experiments. Public servants want to comprehend how MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing desideratum for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This book also reviews the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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