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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in e-learning have empowered people all around the world to take classes online. These massive online courses are mostly 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 several issues that online education institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of these MOOC courses is passable? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like United States to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle issues like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more procurable there is a growing need to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants need to understand the outcomes of these open education ventures. Public servants want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this growing need for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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