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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in e-learning technology have provided the means for humans in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not always 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. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of issues that online learning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders be assured that the education provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can organizations certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Nauru to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of these interesting new open educational ventures. Trainers want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive desire for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This exciting new book also examines the most important 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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