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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest changes in learning technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. These massive open online courses are generally 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 a lot of subjects that online learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the education provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can organizations assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Liechtenstein to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle low learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders would like to better grasp these exciting new open educational initiatives. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing need for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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