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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent changes in elearning have provided the means for learners in nations all aver the world to participate in online courses. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These online MOOCs are 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 subjects that online education institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions certify that the quality control for these MOOC courses is all right? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like Japan to conduct these MOOC courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more available there is a growing need to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders need to better comprehend these promising new open educational endeavours. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing desire for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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