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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about subjects regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in online education are enabling learners in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are free for learners 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 a lot of subjects that online education organizations must deal with more than ever because learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions ensure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a demand to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this increasing need for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also researches the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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