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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates topics regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in online education are enabling learners in all parts of the world to take part in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are almost always free for learners 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 a lot of topics that elearning technology institutions are having to consider in 2015 because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Rwaq to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these new open education ventures. Students want to better understand how MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this growing desire for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational topics. This exciting new book also examines the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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