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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest advancements in electronic educational technology have made it possible for humans all around the world to participate in classes online. MOOCs are generally free 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 a variety of topics that online education institutions have to struggle with now that e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can institutions make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Australia to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle problems like inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desideratum to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Scholars want to comprehend how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this demand for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational issues. This intriguing new book also reviews 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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