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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in distance learning technology enable students in all parts of the world to take online classes. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners 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 topics that online learning organizations have to deal with in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions certify that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can students make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business strategies are being used by organizations like France to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage issues like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education undertakings. Teachers want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing demand for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also describes the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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