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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses topics having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest developments in online education make it possible for people in nations all around the world to be participants in online courses. These MOOC classes are almost always 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 several issues that e-learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a demand to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other participants want to better understand these interesting new open educational experiments. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this increasing desire for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This definitive new book also explores the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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