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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest evolvements in technology-enhanced learning are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to take part in classes online. Massively open online courses are almost always 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 a variety of topics that online learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants certify that the quality of these MOOC classes is adequate? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Palmyra Atoll to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle low motivation and high attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a desire to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants want to understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. People want to know how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this expanding desire for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also reviews the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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