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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in online learning have enabled people all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are commonly 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 dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of subjects that distance learning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers certify that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business models are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding desideratum to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders want to understand these open educational undertakings. Instructors want to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desire for knowledge the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics. This inspiring new book also investigates the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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