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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines topics pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in elearning are making it possible for people in all parts of the world to take classes online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOC courses are ordinarily 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 quite a few topics that online learning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality control for these MOOCs is adequate? How can organizations assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on low student motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these new open educational endeavours. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To handle this crescive demand for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This gripping new book also investigates the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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