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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which talks about topics regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in digital education technology have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes online. Massively open online courses are ordinarily 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 numerous issues that distance learning organizations are having to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators certify that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage issues like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a growing need to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to perceive how these MOOCs can be improved. In response to this desideratum for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also researches the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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