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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers topics relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. New changes in online learning have empowered students all over the world to participate in online classes. These massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently 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. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few subjects that online learning technology organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can we certify that the quality control for these massively open online courses is passable? How can students certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Stanford Online to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with low motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders desire to understand these important new open educational ventures. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding need for facts the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also deals with the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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