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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in online education technology are empowering people all around the world to participate in courses online. Massively open online courses are usually free for students 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 quite a few subjects that distance learning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is adequate? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can participants make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Twitter to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing demand to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these new open education undertakings. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be made better. To meet this crescive desire for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This book also researches the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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