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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies subjects relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in technology-enhanced learning have enabled people in nations all aver the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students 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 dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many topics that elearning organizations have to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Samoa to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of low student motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of these interesting new open education ventures. Scientists want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this need for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also articulates the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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