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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in digital education technology have empowered students in every nation on earth to be participants in classes online. MOOC classes are almost always free 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 quite a few topics that elearning institutions are having to consider today because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can we ensure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like MenaVersity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education undertakings. Public servants want to know how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this developing desideratum for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also examines the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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