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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in elearning technology make it possible for people all over the world to be participants in online classes. MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not 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 several subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle poor motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a developing need to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Professors want to understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this desire for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This amazing new book also discusses the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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