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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in elearning technology enable people in nations all around the world to participate in online courses. These online MOOCs are ordinarily 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 issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? 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 organizations like Eliademy to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desideratum to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants want to understand these fascinating new open educational undertakings. Public servants want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this desideratum for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education issues. This dramatic new book also explores the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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