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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advancements in digital education technology have provided the means for people in nations all aver the world to take online classes. These massively open online courses are almost always free 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. There are quite a few subjects that online education organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions ensure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? How can participants handle problems like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Instructors and lots of other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these significant new open educational endeavours. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be improved. To meet this increasing need for knowledge the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also talks about the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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