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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern evolvements in e-learning have enabled people all around the world to participate in online courses. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free 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. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are numerous topics that distance learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is adequate? How can institutions make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Germany to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these fascinating new open education initiatives. Teachers want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this expanding desideratum for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also examines the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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