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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in online learning technology have made it possible for students all around the world to participate in online courses. These massive open courses are normally free for learners but do not always 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 quite a few topics that distance learning institutions are struggling with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can students make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a desire to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open educational endeavours. Academics want to comprehend how MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this developing desire for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also studies the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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