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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent changes in online education technology are making it possible for people all around the world to be participants in courses online. These massive open courses are typically free for students but do not consistently 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 issues that learning technology organizations have to deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can institutions certify that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Isle of Man to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing desideratum to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about these promising new open education undertakings. Educators want to understand how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this desideratum for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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