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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores issues related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advancements in elearning enable people in nations all around the world to take part in courses online. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students 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 quite a few topics that e-learning organizations are struggling with now that elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of these MOOC courses is all right? How can organizations certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle issues like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants desire to better perceive these new open educational undertakings. Educators want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this crescive need for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This new book also considers the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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