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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in online learning are making it possible for people all around the world to participate in online courses. These massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently 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 issues that learning technology organizations are considering today because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of these MOOCs is decent? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like San Diego State University to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage problems like inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Scholars want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education issues. This dramatic new book also considers the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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