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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines topics having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent advances in online education are enabling students in all parts of the world to be participants in classes online. MOOC courses are ordinarily free 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 dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are numerous subjects that learning technology organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so fast. How can participants ensure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can participants certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these fascinating new open education initiatives. Intellectuals want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be improved. In response to this expanding desideratum for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education issues. This amazing new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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