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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in online learning are enabling people in all parts of the world to participate in classes online. These online MOOC courses are almost always free 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 a variety of issues that online learning technology organizations are having to consider in 2015 because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can students certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding demand to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these compelling new open educational ventures. Students want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desire for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational issues. This book also examines the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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