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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes subjects pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in learning technology have provided the means for humans in every nation on earth to take part in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are mostly 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 several subjects that e-learning technology organizations are struggling with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants manage inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Students want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this expanding desideratum for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This stimulating new book also considers the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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