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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores topics related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest gains in elearning are providing the means for humans in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. These massive open courses are commonly free for learners 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 many topics that e-learning technology organizations are dealing with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Malta to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants want to be more aware of these significant new open educational experiments. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing need for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational issues. This amazing new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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