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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in elearning technology are empowering humans in nations all around the world to take part in courses online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massively open online courses are mostly 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 many issues that online learning technology organizations are struggling with today because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can we make sure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can learners guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a desideratum to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants would like to better grasp these intriguing new open education endeavours. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desire for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational issues. This book also considers the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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