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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new advancements in e-learning enable people in nations all around the world to take part in online classes. MOOC classes are almost always 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 many topics that learning technology institutions are having to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we certify that the training provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Utah Valley University to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage issues like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these promising new open education endeavours. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this developing need for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also deals with the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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