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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest advances in online education technology have provided the means for learners in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses online. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These massive online courses are commonly 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 quite a few topics that online learning institutions are having to attend to today because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can educators ensure that the education provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can we certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by organizations like NovoEd to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a necessity to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open educational endeavours. Teachers want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding demand for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This exciting new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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