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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in e-learning are making it possible for humans all around the world to participate in classes online. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for learners 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 a variety of topics that distance learning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions assure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Baker Island to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open educational initiatives. People want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this growing demand for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This book also considers the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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