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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in online learning have enabled humans in nations all around the world to be participants in online classes. MOOCs are free for students but do not 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 topics that online learning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can participants certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more available there is a expanding demand to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants would like to gain a better understanding of these exciting new open educational undertakings. Intellectuals want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing desire for details the scholarly 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 discusses the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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