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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in distance learning technology have empowered humans all around the world to be participants in classes online. Massively open online courses are free for learners but do not consistently 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 online learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can participants ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations manage low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desideratum to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders want to better grasp these significant new open education ventures. Intellectuals want to better understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this crescive need for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This dramatic new book also investigates the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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