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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New evolvements in distance learning technology are providing the means for students in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are ordinarily free 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 a lot of issues that distance learning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can learners make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like French Southern and Antarctic Lands to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants get a handle on low motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a need to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open education undertakings. Lecturers want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This authoritative new book also talks about the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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