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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which addresses subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent evolvements in learning technology are empowering people all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are customarily free for learners 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 e-learning organizations are having to consider more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the quality control for these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Barbados to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As digital e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these significant new open education undertakings. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this growing desideratum for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also analyzes the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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