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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes subjects having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in distance learning technology have made it possible for humans in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. MOOC 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 numerous topics that online education institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we certify that the education provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can we certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Cuba to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of low motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this expanding demand for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational subjects. This gripping new book also considers the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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