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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in online learning technology have empowered humans all over the world to participate in online courses. MOOC classes are usually 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 several topics that online learning technology organizations are dealing with in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers be assured that the education provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing desideratum to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open education initiatives. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be enhanced. In response to this expanding need for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also examines the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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