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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new advancements in online education are empowering people all over the world to take online classes. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massive open online courses are normally free 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 many topics that e-learning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can participants make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of low motivation and high attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more available there is a need to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants want to understand the outcomes of these important new open education undertakings. Students want to understand how MOOCs can be improved. In response to this developing demand for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This inspiring new book also studies the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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