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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in digital education technology are providing the means for humans in nations all around the world to take classes online. These online MOOCs are customarily free for students 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 quite a few issues that learning technology organizations are having to struggle with today because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers assure that the training provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Emory University to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more available there is a growing desideratum to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of these new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to grasp how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing demand for knowledge the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This dramatic new book also addresses the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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