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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches subjects pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in online education technology have provided the means for people all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. 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 dealing with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators guarantee that the education provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders get a handle on low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants want to gain more knowledge about these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Universities want to better understand how massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this demand for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education issues. This amazing new book also discusses the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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