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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in digital education technology are providing the means for learners in nations all around the world to take courses online. These massively open online courses are generally 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 several issues that elearning technology institutions are having to consider now that online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can institutions ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Tokelau to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these significant new open education ventures. Corporations want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing desideratum for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This inspiring new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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