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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines topics related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in digital education technology have empowered people all over the world to be participants in online classes. Massive open online courses are typically free 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 dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a variety of topics that learning technology organizations are having to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Liechtenstein to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a necessity to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants desire to better grasp these fascinating new open education undertakings. Instructors want to grasp how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desideratum for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This sensational new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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