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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses topics pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses. The latest changes in learning technology are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not always 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 issues that elearning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions ensure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Georgia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to comprehend how MOOC courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Academics want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing desideratum for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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