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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in digital education technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are typically free for learners but do not 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 issues that elearning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions be assured that the education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Harvard University to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high attrition?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding desideratum to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing desire for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This exciting new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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