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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines subjects regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advancements in online education technology are empowering students in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. These massive open courses are usually free for learners 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 many subjects that learning technology institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Miriada X to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with poor motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing need to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants want to gain more knowledge about these significant new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to better understand how MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this growing desire for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education subjects. This interesting new book also researches the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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