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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in elearning are making it possible for people all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently 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 quite a few subjects that online learning technology institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can participants ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators manage poor motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants would like to better grasp these promising new open education undertakings. Everyone wants to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this increasing desideratum for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also investigates the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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