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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in elearning are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. These massive online courses are typically free for students 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 a lot of topics that online learning technology institutions are having to deal with more than ever because online education technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is satisfactory? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Brown University to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more available there is a desideratum to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and many other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open educational undertakings. Academics want to comprehend how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education topics. This thrilling new book also discusses the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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