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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New advances in online education technology have enabled students in nations all around the world to be participants in classes online. These massive open courses are normally free 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 issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators assure that the training provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like France to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more available there is a growing necessity to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these important new open education initiatives. Scientists want to perceive how massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this developing desire for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also studies the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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