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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent evolvements in online education have provided the means for students in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are customarily 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 subjects that e-learning technology organizations are dealing with in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can educators be assured that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can learners assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? How can organizations manage problems like low motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these significant new open educational ventures. Scientists want to grasp how MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this crescive need for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This new book also researches the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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