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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in distance learning technology enable students all over the world to take part in courses online. MOOCs are 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 lot of topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle problems like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this expanding desire for knowledge the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects. This thrilling new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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