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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches issues having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in online learning technology have enabled students all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are commonly free for learners 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 a lot of issues that learning technology institutions have to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions certify that the education provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can learners make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like University of Maryland, College Park to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with poor student motivation and high attrition?

As online learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants want to better comprehend these open education endeavours. Scientists want to grasp how MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this expanding demand for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also examines the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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