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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new evolvements in distance learning technology have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are normally 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 several issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are struggling with in 2015 because online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Harvard University to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants want to understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational endeavours. Everybody wants to perceive how MOOCs can be improved. To meet this crescive desideratum for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also discusses the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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