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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about issues related to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Brand new changes in distance learning technology are providing the means for students in nations all around the world to take part in online courses. These massive open online courses are almost always free for learners 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 numerous topics that elearning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations make sure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can we certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants need to understand these promising new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this growing need for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also researches the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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