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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest improvements in e-learning technology have empowered learners all over the world to take part in classes online. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners 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 numerous subjects that elearning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can learners certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like France to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can participants deal with the problems of poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more available there is a expanding demand to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Trainers want to understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive desire for information the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource topics. This sensational new book also investigates the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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