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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent gains in online learning technology have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are free for students 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 many issues that online learning organizations have to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we assure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can we certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Sao Tome and Principe to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these exciting new open educational initiatives. Lecturers want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing demand for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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