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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. New improvements in digital education technology have made it possible for learners all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are generally free for students 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 a variety of issues that online learning institutions are having to deal with more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Germany to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a need to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants would like to better understand these compelling new open educational undertakings. Universities want to better understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this growing desideratum for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This new book also talks about the 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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