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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest changes in elearning enable students all around the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOCs are typically 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 quite a few topics that learning technology institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can we be assured that the education provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like Libya to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these compelling new open educational undertakings. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this increasing desideratum for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This amazing new book also examines the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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