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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest improvements in electronic educational technology enable humans in nations all around the world to take courses online. These online MOOCs are 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. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are numerous issues that learning technology institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations ensure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business models are being used by institutions like CaltechX to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders need to better comprehend these open educational experiments. Public servants want to comprehend how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this developing desideratum for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also studies the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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