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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in online learning technology are enabling students in nations all around the world to take online courses. MOOCs are almost always free for learners 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 a variety of issues that elearning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so fast. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of these MOOC classes is all right? How can organizations certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like iversity to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open education initiatives. Students want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this need for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also considers the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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