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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern developments in online learning are providing the means for people all over the world to be participants in online courses. These MOOC courses are customarily 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. There are quite a few subjects that e-learning organizations have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants would like to better comprehend these intriguing new open education endeavours. Public servants want to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing desideratum for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This gripping new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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