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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in learning technology enable students in nations all around the world to take online classes. These massively open online courses are normally free for students 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 several issues that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because learning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality control for these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Colorado System to conduct these massively open online courses? How can institutions handle inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants need to better comprehend the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Scholars want to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this demand for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource subjects. This new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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