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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes topics pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern evolvements in learning technology have enabled learners all over the world to take online courses. Massively open online courses are typically free 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. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are several issues that online education institutions must deal with in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can students make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders would like to better grasp these intriguing new open education endeavours. Educators want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this expanding desideratum for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education subjects. This interesting new book also reviews the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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