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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in distance learning technology enable students in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. These massive open courses are mostly free 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 issues that online learning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can we ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Harvard University to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage low student motivation and high student attrition?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these important new open educational endeavours. People want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing demand for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This amazing new book also considers 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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