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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in online learning enable learners all over the world to take online classes. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for learners 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 subjects that online learning technology organizations have to deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can organizations ensure that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is good? How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Turks and Caicos Islands to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a increasing desire to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these intriguing new open education undertakings. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this increasing demand for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This dramatic new book also examines the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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