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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in digital education technology have provided the means for humans all around the world to take part in courses online. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These online MOOC courses are typically free for students 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 several issues that elearning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like FutureLearn to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle problems like poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more procurable there is a growing desire to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other participants need to be more aware of these interesting new open education ventures. Trainers want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding desideratum for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This new book also considers the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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