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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines topics related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in distance learning technology have provided the means for students all over the world to be participants in courses online. These massive open online courses are usually 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 dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few issues that online learning organizations are having to consider in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can organizations assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Switzerland to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can organizations handle issues like poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders desire to better perceive these significant new open education endeavours. Trainers want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this growing desideratum for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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