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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in e-learning enable humans in every nation on earth to take online classes. These online MOOCs are almost always free for learners 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 numerous subjects that e-learning technology institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can organizations guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like Concordia University Wisconsin to conduct these MOOC classes? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage poor motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these open educational undertakings. Researchers want to perceive how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive need for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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