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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which studies subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in online education technology have enabled people all around the world to take part in online classes. These online MOOC courses are 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 a lot of issues that learning technology organizations are having to deal with now that e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can students certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desideratum to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants desire to better comprehend these interesting new open educational undertakings. Public servants want to understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing demand for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This sensational new book also describes the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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