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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which investigates subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in digital education technology have enabled people all over the world to participate in courses online. These massive open online courses are mostly 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 numerous issues that online learning organizations are having to struggle with now that elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Venezuela to conduct these massively open online courses? How can we handle issues like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open educational endeavours. Corporations want to know how MOOCs can be made better. In response to this crescive demand for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational topics. This sensational new book also investigates the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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