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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern gains in online learning have enabled humans in nations all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are typically 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 quite a few issues that distance learning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can educators certify that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of North Carolina to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing necessity to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these open educational undertakings. Professors want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing desire for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics. This amazing new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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