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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers topics related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest evolvements in electronic educational technology enable students all around the world to be participants in online classes. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massive open online courses are generally free 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 many issues that distance learning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders make sure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like UCSF to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage problems like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more procurable there is a developing need to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these interesting new open education undertakings. Universities want to understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this developing desire for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This thrilling new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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