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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in distance learning have provided the means for learners in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. MOOCs are usually 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 quite a few issues that online learning technology organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like LinkedIn to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desideratum to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and many other participants would like to better perceive these significant new open education initiatives. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing desideratum for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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