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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new changes in learning technology are empowering people all around the world to take part in online courses. Massively open online courses are typically free for students 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 a lot of subjects that e-learning technology organizations have to struggle with today because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we make sure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business models are being used by institutions like Mount Sinai School of Medicine to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle issues like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these significant new open educational experiments. Instructors want to understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this expanding need for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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