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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews topics having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in online learning have made it possible for students all around the world to be participants in classes online. These massive open online courses are normally free for students 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. There are several issues that learning technology organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Ascension to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle issues like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these fascinating new open education experiments. Instructors want to know how MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this crescive demand for data the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This gripping new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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