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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines topics related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in digital education technology are providing the means for students in all parts of the world to take online courses. Massively open online courses are commonly 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. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are several issues that online learning technology organizations have to consider today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can teachers assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can institutions make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Guinea to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a growing desideratum to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open education experiments. Universities want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this growing need for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This stimulating new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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