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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which deals with subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new improvements in technology-enhanced learning enable people in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are free 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 many issues that e-learning technology institutions are considering in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can organizations assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Barbados to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders desire to better grasp these intriguing new open education experiments. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this desideratum for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues. This thrilling new book also reviews the key controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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