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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New advances in e-learning enable learners in nations all aver the world to take part in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are typically 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 a variety of topics that distance learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can institutions assure that the quality of these massive open online courses is all right? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we get a handle on poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a developing need to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these compelling new open educational undertakings. Lecturers want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing need for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This amazing new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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