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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in online education technology have provided the means for people all over the world to be participants in online classes. These massive open online courses are generally free 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 issues that e-learning institutions are considering more than ever because online education technology is developing so fast. How can we guarantee that the education provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Ecotech Institute to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we manage problems like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders want to better comprehend these new open education endeavours. Public servants want to comprehend how these MOOCs can be made better. To meet this developing desideratum for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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