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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in digital education technology enable people all over the world to take classes online. These MOOC classes are customarily free 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 a variety of topics that elearning technology organizations have to deal with in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations make sure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Scholars want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing desideratum for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also considers the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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