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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines subjects relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent advances in distance learning have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are mostly free 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 several issues that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Australia to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants desire to better comprehend these exciting new open educational initiatives. Educators want to understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this desire for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This exciting new book also examines the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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