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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses subjects related to open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent gains in e-learning make it possible for people in all parts of the world to take part in online classes. These massive open online courses are customarily free for students 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 many issues that e-learning technology organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can we make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business models are being used by organizations like Zambia to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage issues like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational ventures. Instructors want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive demand for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This book also describes the major controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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