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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in distance learning technology are making it possible for people in nations all aver the world to participate in classes via the Internet. 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 quite a few subjects that online learning technology organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants certify that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with low student motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning becomes more available there is a growing need to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders want to better perceive these important new open education experiments. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this crescive need for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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