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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses topics regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New developments in digital education technology have enabled students all over the world to be participants in classes online. These MOOCs are typically free for students 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 subjects that online learning organizations have to deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can teachers assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can participants certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Uruguay to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants handle issues like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational endeavours. Academics want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding desire for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also studies the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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