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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes topics relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. New changes in online education technology have enabled humans in all parts of the world to take part in online classes. Massively open online courses are mostly 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 many topics that elearning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators assure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we manage poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a desire to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders need to be more aware of these exciting new open educational undertakings. Universities want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be enhanced. In response to this developing desideratum for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also investigates the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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