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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes topics relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in online education technology enable people all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are commonly 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 a variety of subjects that learning technology institutions have to struggle with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can institutions assure that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can students make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Andorra to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants desire to better grasp these compelling new open educational undertakings. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Students want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this crescive demand for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This book also deals with the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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