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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advancements in digital education technology are enabling humans all around the world to be participants in courses online. Massive open online courses are customarily 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 quite a few issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to consider today because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions certify that the education provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can learners ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of these compelling new open education experiments. People want to perceive how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this need for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This amazing new book also considers the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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