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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New improvements in learning technology are empowering people in nations all aver the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are usually free for learners 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. There are many issues that e-learning technology institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders ensure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding desideratum to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants need to gain a better understanding of these intriguing new open education undertakings. Researchers want to grasp how MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this growing demand for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also considers the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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