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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in online education have empowered learners all over the world to be participants in online classes. MOOC classes are 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 quite a few issues that online education organizations have to consider in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Harvard University to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we handle inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more abundant there is a desire to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these promising new open education undertakings. Teachers want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this growing desire for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also explores the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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