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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. The latest advances in online education technology enable students in nations all aver the world to participate in online classes. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for learners 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 a lot of issues that e-learning organizations have to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the education provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like Google+ to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants would like to better perceive these significant new open education endeavours. Everyone wants to better understand how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. In response to this expanding demand for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also researches the major 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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