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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in e-learning are empowering people all around the world to participate in courses online. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free 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 several issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to deal with now that e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants certify that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by institutions like iversity to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders need to better understand these exciting new open educational experiments. Students want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this expanding demand for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education topics. This thrilling new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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