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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in digital education technology are enabling learners in all parts of the world to take classes online. Massively open online courses are usually 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 online learning institutions are having to deal with now that e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations make sure that the education provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Slovenia to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders desire to understand these fascinating new open education ventures. Students want to know how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this growing desire for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational subjects. This definitive new book also studies the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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