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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes issues related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in digital education technology are making it possible for people in all parts of the world to be participants in online classes. These MOOCs are ordinarily free for students 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 numerous subjects that e-learning technology institutions are having to consider today because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Scholars want to comprehend how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this developing desire for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource issues. This inspiring new book also examines the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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