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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern changes in online education technology have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. MOOC classes are customarily 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 learning technology institutions are having to deal with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators certify that the training provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we manage problems like inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders want to better comprehend these new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding desideratum for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education topics. This new book also examines the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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