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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest developments in e-learning are providing the means for people in nations all aver the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are commonly 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 numerous issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can educators assure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Google+ to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants need to better perceive these compelling new open education initiatives. Academics want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding desideratum for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This amazing new book also describes the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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