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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in e-learning are enabling people all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These massive open online courses are usually 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 a lot of topics that online education organizations have to deal with in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like France to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desideratum to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these significant new open education endeavours. Everybody wants to comprehend how these massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing demand for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education subjects. This stimulating new book also explores the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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