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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches subjects regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in online education make it possible for learners all over the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOCs are free for students 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 quite a few issues that distance learning organizations are struggling with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Bowling Green State University to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage low motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a expanding demand to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders need to understand these important new open educational undertakings. Everybody wants to better understand how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this crescive demand for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This dramatic new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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