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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern evolvements in elearning technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently 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 topics that distance learning institutions are having to consider more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations be assured that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Rutgers University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding desire to comprehend how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other participants would like to understand these significant new open education initiatives. Educators want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this desire for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This amazing new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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