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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in learning technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are generally free for learners but do not consistently 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 a variety of topics that learning technology organizations are dealing with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Estonia to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a necessity to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Corporations want to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this growing desire for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also researches the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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