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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses topics having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses. New improvements in electronic educational technology are providing the means for learners in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. These massive online courses are almost always free for students 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 numerous topics that online learning organizations have to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants be assured that the quality of these MOOC classes is respectable? How can learners assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like France to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open educational undertakings. Instructors want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing need for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This inspiring new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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