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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in e-learning have made it possible for students in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. These MOOCs are commonly 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 distance learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Slovakia to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a developing desideratum to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants need to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Researchers want to grasp how MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this desire for data the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education topics. This amazing new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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