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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in elearning are providing the means for people in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are almost always free 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 numerous topics that online education institutions have to deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can educators assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Relay Graduate School of Education to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these new open education initiatives. Researchers want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this desire for knowledge the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics. This sensational new book also examines the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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