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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes topics related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New gains in elearning technology are providing the means for students all over the world to take online classes. These massive online courses are mostly free 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 issues that elearning institutions are struggling with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators guarantee that the education provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like One Month to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants would like to better understand these significant new open education endeavours. Public servants want to understand how MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this expanding desire for details the stimulating 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 interesting new book also describes the controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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