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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews topics having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent gains in digital education technology are empowering students all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are normally free 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. There are numerous subjects that e-learning technology institutions are dealing with today because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As online education becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants want to better understand these compelling new open education ventures. Everyone wants to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing demand for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also researches the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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