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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates subjects having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in technology-enhanced learning enable people in nations all around the world to take courses online. Massively open online courses are normally 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 quite a few subjects that elearning technology institutions have to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is decent? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like UC Santa Cruz to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage problems like poor motivation and high attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more available there is a expanding demand to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Educators want to grasp how MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding demand for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also considers the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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