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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which analyzes topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in e-learning technology have provided the means for people in nations all aver the world to take courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These MOOC courses are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. 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 online learning technology organizations are dealing with now that learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers make sure that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Germany to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more available there is a growing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants want to better grasp these new open education experiments. People want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be enhanced. In response to this desideratum for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This amazing new book also describes the key 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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