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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about topics having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses. Brand new developments in online education make it possible for people in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses online. These online MOOC courses are typically free for students 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 many topics that online education institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Italy to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle poor motivation and high student attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a necessity to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education undertakings. Scholars want to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing desire for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also studies the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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