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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in online education technology are providing the means for learners all around the world to take part in courses online. These online MOOC courses are customarily 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 many subjects that distance learning institutions are struggling with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we certify that the education provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like French Guiana to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants handle issues like inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing desideratum to comprehend how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these new open education endeavours. Professors want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding need for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This new book also considers the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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