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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines topics having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent evolvements in e-learning technology have provided the means for people in nations all aver the world to take classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are mostly free for learners 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 a variety of subjects that e-learning technology institutions are struggling with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Iran to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle problems like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding demand to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Universities want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this growing desideratum for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education topics. This definitive new book also discusses the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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