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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores subjects related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest improvements in learning technology have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are almost always 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 subjects that e-learning institutions have to deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. How can institutions certify that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Sweden to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding desire to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants need to gain more knowledge about these promising new open education experiments. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding desideratum for details the dramatic 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 amazing new book also examines the controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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