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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent advances in online learning technology have made it possible for learners in nations all around the world to participate in courses online. MOOC classes are generally free for students 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 a lot of issues that elearning technology organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Ascension to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a increasing need to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants desire to understand these significant new open education experiments. Everybody wants to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this growing demand for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also discusses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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