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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in digital education technology enable people in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are normally 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. There are a variety of subjects that online learning technology organizations have to deal with today because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can participants be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOC classes? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle problems like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a desire to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these new open educational undertakings. Instructors want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing desire for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This new book also examines the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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