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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses. New advancements in e-learning are enabling people in all parts of the world to take courses online. MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently 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 elearning technology institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by institutions like California Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations manage problems like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing need to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants need to gain a better understanding of these exciting new open education endeavours. Students want to understand how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also discusses 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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