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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that articulates issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New advances in distance learning technology are empowering humans all over the world to take part in classes online. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These massive online courses are usually 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. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of issues that online learning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can we be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can organizations certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like American College of Education to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these new open educational endeavours. Researchers want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing need for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This gripping new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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