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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern developments in distance learning technology make it possible for learners in all parts of the world to be participants in online classes. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free for students 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 issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are considering now that online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. People want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive desire for data the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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