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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in online education technology have provided the means for people in nations all aver the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are commonly free 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 many topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can organizations certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Zambia to conduct these MOOC classes? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more procurable there is a developing demand to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these open education experiments. Public servants want to know how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also explores the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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