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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern gains in electronic education technology enable humans all over the world to participate in courses online. These massive open courses are free 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 a variety of issues that online education organizations are dealing with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. How can educators make sure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage problems like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Teachers want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this growing desire for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This stimulating new book also deals with the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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