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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies subjects regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in digital education technology enable people in nations all aver the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are normally 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. There are numerous issues that online learning technology institutions are struggling with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Davidson College to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle issues like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open education ventures. Professors want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this developing desideratum for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This dramatic new book also reviews the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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