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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews subjects having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in distance learning technology have empowered humans in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are free for students 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 quite a few issues that online learning technology institutions must deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers guarantee that the training provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Mauritania to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle issues like inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these important new open educational initiatives. Corporations want to better understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this growing desideratum for details the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This exciting new book also studies the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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