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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest developments in electronic educational technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. MOOC courses are commonly 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 several subjects that learning technology organizations have to deal with now that e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like State University of New York to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a growing necessity to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Teachers want to comprehend how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing desideratum for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational subjects. This authoritative new book also reviews the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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