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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in electronic education technology have enabled students in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses online. Massively open online courses are commonly 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 online learning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators certify that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Australia to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders want to understand these open education initiatives. Intellectuals want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing desideratum for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also discusses the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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