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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advancements in distance learning technology are enabling students all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOCs 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 numerous topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is passable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Dominican Republic to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage issues like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants want to gain more knowledge about these important new open educational endeavours. Researchers want to perceive how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desire for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also examines the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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