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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with subjects relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses. The latest advances in digital education technology are empowering learners in nations all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massively open online 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 quite a few subjects that e-learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Georgetown University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants want to better understand these interesting new open education experiments. Lecturers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this expanding desire for knowledge the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This interesting new book also researches the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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