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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New developments in e-learning technology are providing the means for people all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not 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 numerous issues that distance learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can we be assured that the education provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like NovoEd to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a need to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open education initiatives. People want to know how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desire for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This sensational new book also addresses the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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