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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New developments in online education technology have enabled learners all around the world to take courses online. MOOC classes are usually free 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 lot of issues that distance learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants assure that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can learners assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage issues like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to comprehend how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants desire to be more aware of these important new open educational initiatives. Everyone wants to comprehend how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this growing desideratum for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This gripping new book also describes the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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