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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in electronic educational technology enable people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are free for students 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. There are many topics that online learning organizations have to deal with today because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Tonga to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants need to better comprehend these open educational ventures. Students want to know how massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this developing demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This dramatic new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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