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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern improvements in e-learning technology are enabling people all around the world to participate in courses online. These massive open online courses are free for learners 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. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are numerous topics that online learning institutions have to consider more than ever because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Iraq to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a growing need to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants need to be more aware of these interesting new open educational initiatives. Educators want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this demand for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also describes the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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