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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advancements in e-learning make it possible for people in nations all aver the world to take part in courses online. Massive open online courses are free but do not consistently 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. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many issues that learning technology organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders certify that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can students ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Rice University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle problems like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a developing desideratum to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders desire to better perceive these fascinating new open educational experiments. Academics want to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive need for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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