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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern advances in electronic educational technology have made it possible for people in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily 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 numerous issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions certify that the training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like University of Houston System to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Instructors and numerous other participants need to better perceive these new open educational ventures. Academics want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding desideratum for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This intriguing new book also describes the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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