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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern improvements in distance learning are making it possible for students all around the world to participate in courses online. These MOOC classes are mostly free for students 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 subjects that online learning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Eritrea to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle problems like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants want to gain more knowledge about these significant new open education experiments. Students want to know how MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing need for information the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also addresses the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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