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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with issues related to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in digital education technology are providing the means for students in nations all around the world to take part in courses online. Massive open online courses are customarily 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 issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to deal with now that online education technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of Pittsburgh to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle issues like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding need to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants desire to understand these new open education experiments. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this demand for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This gripping new book also researches the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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