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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes subjects having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses. Brand new advancements in digital education technology are empowering students all over the world to take courses online. Massive open online courses are almost always 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 many issues that learning technology institutions have to consider more than ever because learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can learners guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like California Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these intriguing new open education initiatives. Lecturers want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this expanding desire for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational topics. This amazing new book also explores the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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