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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about topics related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in elearning technology are providing the means for people all over the world to take part in classes online. MOOC classes are typically 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 a lot of topics that distance learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Harvard University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of low motivation and high attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants need to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open education experiments. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desire for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This sensational new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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