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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New improvements in distance learning technology are empowering learners all over the world to be participants in classes online. These massive open courses are almost always free 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 lot of topics that e-learning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions certify that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business models are being used by institutions like MenaVersity to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders would like to better grasp these interesting new open educational endeavours. Students want to understand how MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desire for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This book also researches the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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