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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about topics relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses. New changes in e-learning technology have made it possible for people all around the world to take part in online classes. These MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently 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 topics that e-learning technology institutions have to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can institutions ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we manage low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing desideratum to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these open educational undertakings. Instructors want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this increasing need for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This new book also talks about the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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