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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new improvements in online education technology have empowered people in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. MOOCs are commonly 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 a lot of topics that e-learning technology institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like Brazil to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more abundant there is a desideratum to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open education undertakings. Everybody wants to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this growing desideratum for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This sensational new book also describes the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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