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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest improvements in electronic educational technology are enabling humans in nations all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are normally free 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 a lot of issues that e-learning technology institutions are dealing with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers be assured that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford Online to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle low motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a desire to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Researchers want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this expanding desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This sensational new book also investigates the major 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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