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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses. Modern advances in distance learning are empowering people in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not always 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 lot of topics that elearning technology institutions are dealing with in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. This scholarly volume offer guidelines for educators hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning environment. How can organizations ensure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can students make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Scholars want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing demand for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This amazing new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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