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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which addresses topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in digital education technology are making it possible for humans all around the world to be participants in classes online. These massively open online courses are commonly 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 many issues that learning technology organizations are dealing with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the education provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can learners guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business models are being used by organizations like Coral Sea Islands to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high attrition?

As online learning becomes more available there is a growing desire to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive these new open education experiments. Academics want to grasp how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this developing demand for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This amazing new book also reviews the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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