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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which analyzes subjects pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent changes in learning technology have made it possible for people all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are typically free for students 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. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are struggling with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can organizations ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Excelsior College to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can we get a handle on low motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a desideratum to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders need to better perceive these promising new open educational endeavours. Everybody wants to perceive how MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding need for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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